![]() LIE WITH ME by Philippe Besson, translated by Molly Ringwald It’s a powerful, transporting read, perfect for a slow, rainy summer day. Singaporean poet Jing-Jing Lee shuttles between two timelines in this forgotten story from the Pacific theater of World War II. Best enjoyed by the pool with a cold glass of rosé. This polyphonic novel about a family’s summer trip to a Greek Island had me legitimately laughing out loud one moment, and tearing up the next. ![]() No one writes comedic family drama like Grant Ginder. All are perfect for the hot summer months. Each book below embodies those hallmarks in different ways. Over the course of that summer, I fell in love with a guy for the first time, met a group of friends who became my family, and began the slow process of becoming the person I was meant to be.įor my housemates and I that summer-and there were a whopping 31 of us sharing deflated air mattresses and slices of cold pizza-Montauk came to symbolize family, freedom, and escape. I was 27 at the time and searching for connection. In my memoir Out East I chronicle a summer I spent in a Montauk, a beach hamlet at the eastern tip of Long Island. ![]() Summer is a time for books that lead us toward self-discovery. ![]()
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