Summer at the Lake

by Kathleen Gilles Seidel

Book Overview

"A genuinely appealing and absorbing read." -- Publishers Weekly "Her talent is a gift to us all." -- New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips A classic summer favorite, Summer's End by Kathleen Gilles Seidel is a story of family bonds and entanglements, brimming with drama, love, fun, and sun. This is women's fiction at its most compelling and entertaining--a tale of clashing personalities and irresistible attractions, as two families...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061013889
• ISBN13: 9780061013881
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

KSD-the most under-appreciated author of our times

I have been a heavy-duty Kathleen fan since the first book of hers I picked up. Imagine my excitement at finding a new one... and my chagrin at finding it had been out for months! I believe that Kathleen is one of the most satisfying authors currently writing. I find her characters to be interesting and consistant, and I find the growth the main characters always experience to be reasonable and believable. I just can't figure out why her publisher doesn't apparently make any push to sell her books to people who have never heard of her! Everyone I have ever lent her books to loved them, and this one is no exception.

Wonderfully Enjoyable! One of my favorites!

I loved this book! It wasn't just the romance that made this book so wonderful, but also the other characters and their stories in the book. It was great to see everyone change and adjust to such a new thing is their lives. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants something light-hearted and enjoyable.

Wonderful! The kind of book you lose yourself in!

I agree. It's been way too long since we've had a Seidel book. I love all her work, and am always prone to say her current book is my favorite. SUMMER'S END is a great women's fiction read! The kind of book you lose yourself in. (I couldn't go to sleep last night until I finished it.) If you want murder, bloodshed, and throbbing loins, stay away! This book is about real people, real families, and real emotions. PLEASE, Kathy, don't make us wait so long for the next one!

Much more than a romance

If you're a fan of LaVyrle Spencer, you'll love Summer's End by Kathleen Giles Seidel. This isn't necessarily a book about the main couple, Amy and Jack, it's a story about the entire family.When Amy's father Hal marries Jack's mother Gwen, the two families are reluctantly brought together. After the marriage Hal and Gwen invite his three children and their families and her two children to stay at the Minnesota lake that has been in Hal's family for years.This book was much more than a love story, it was about the changing family roles and feelings after a parent passes away and the surviving parent goes on with their lives.My only complaint about this book would be that there wasn't enough to the love story between Jack and Amy, but the rest of the story made up for that. This is an excellent book to read also for the fact that it will get you thinking of your own family, your parents, your role and where you fit in.

Absolutely wonderful

I've read and enjoyed every one of Kathleen Gilles Seidel's single title romances, and she just gets better and better. To say that she writes with enormous intelligence and wit hardly begins to describe the immense readability of Summer's End. She took a situation that would make me cringe in real life--two newly-connected families warily attempting to become acquainted with each other at a remote, primitive camp in Northern Minnesota--and made me love every minute of reading about it. Her characterizations are subtle and appealing, her relationships beautifully nuanced, and her romance between the two youngest adult children was absolutely believable. The precision of her writing makes everything come alive. For example, one of the main characters is a world class ice skater, and even though I couldn't cross a rink without falling flat on my face, I now feel as if I know what it must be like to be a champion skater. This is a book that should appeal to readers of women's fiction, romance, and those who just plain like good writing.