End of August : a novel

End of August A novel

Paige Dinneny

Book - 2025

"1979. Fifteen-year-old Aurora Taylor's single mother prefers to leave when things get hard. She's spent years abandoning bad boyfriends and dead-end jobs, without so much as a glance in the rearview mirror. After fifteen years in the passenger seat, Aurora needs more than two hands to count the towns she's lived in. She's learned to live small-it's easier to leave when you don't need to say goodbye. So when her mother, Laine, shows up at school with the car loaded, Aurora assumes her latest fling has run its course. Instead, it's her grandpa Jay's death calling them back to the town Laine has spent fifteen years running from." --

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Subjects
Teenage girls > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Single mothers > Fiction.
Dysfunctional families > Fiction.
Adolescentes > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Mères et filles > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Mères de famille monoparentale > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Familles inadaptées > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Indiana > Fiction.
Indiana > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Genres
Domestic fiction
Historical fiction
Published
New York , NY : Alcove Press 2025.
Language
English
Main Author
Paige Dinneny (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
310 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN
9798892420242
9798892422253
Contents unavailable.
Review by Booklist Review

At 15, Aurora is used to leaving. When things get hard, her mom, Laine, packs everything they own into a couple of cardboard boxes, and they move on. Things get hard a lot. Aurora doesn't bother to make friends or get settled in her new places, because they'll only stay as long as her mother's latest relationship lasts. But this time, when her mom shows up at Aurora's school with their boxes packed, it's to take them home to Monroe, Indiana, because Aurora's beloved grandfather Jay has died. Aurora is surprised when Laine wants to stay in Monroe for the summer but less surprised that she starts up a relationship with a married man. Most surprising of all are the ways Aurora finds herself making friends, establishing a life, feeling like Monroe could be home--and terrified that Laine's decisions will tear it all apart. This is a strong debut about the ways mothers and daughters are alike and different, with compelling prose and complex characters that readers will wish the best for despite their flaws. Perfect for fans of Anne Brashares' The Last Summer (of You and Me) (2007) or Jessica Anya Blau's Mary Jane (2021).

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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