This is a beautifully rendered story, wrapped in nostalgia, of a coming-of-age for a young man in his mid-teens, during the summer of 1942 on an sleepy resort island near New York City. Truly, this novel reads very much like the movie version.

I'm not ashamed to say that I was close to tears when I finished reading "SUMMER OF '42" a few minutes ago. (7:38AM Pacific Daylight Time - July 31, 2021.)