Love and Summer
| Author | William Trevor |
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| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 2009 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 212 pp. |
| ISBN | 978-0-670-91824-9 |
| Preceded by | The Story of Lucy Gault |
Love and Summer is a novel written by William Trevor, first published in 2009. The story takes place in the fictitious town of Rathmoye in Ireland during the 1950s. It concerns the illicit love between a photographer and the married wife of a farmer.
Plot summary
Ellie and her farmer husband Dillahan live a quiet life near the town of Rathmoye. She is a foundling who was reared by Catholic nuns and was the second wife of Dillahan, who earlier had killed his first wife and child in an accident.
During the funeral of Mrs Connulty at Rathmoye a stranger, Florian Kilderry, asks Ellie for direction to the burned down movie house, and their brief conversation is noticed by Miss Connulty, Mrs Connulty's spinster daughter, who determines that the two have struck out a love relationship based on this tenuous encounter. Florian, a photographer, and Ellie begin to notice each other and soon a love affair spanning the languid summer takes place, as the couple remember their lives lived up to that point.
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