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YA novel touches on feminism, summer romance

Brooklyn BookBeat

April 23, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Siobhan Vivian. Photo by Janelle Bendycki
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From the author of “The Last Boy and Girl in the World” and “The List” comes a bold and sweet summer read about first love, feminism and ice cream.


“Summer in Sand Lake” (on sale today), by Siobhan Vivian, isn’t complete without a trip to Meade Creamery — the local ice cream stand founded in 1944 by Molly Meade who started making ice cream to cheer up her lovesick girlfriends while all the boys were away at war. Since then, the stand has been owned and managed exclusively by local girls, who inevitably become the best of friends.

Seventeen-year-old Amelia and her best friend Cate have worked at the stand every summer for the past three years, and Amelia is “Head Girl” at the stand this summer. When Molly passes away before Amelia even has her first day in charge, Amelia isn’t sure that stand can go on. That is, until Molly’s grandnephew Grady arrives and asks Amelia to stay on to help continue the business … but Grady’s got some changes in mind.

This story has all the heart-racing, stomach swooping, lip biting, and positively infuriating things the come with first loves while simultaneously touching on power balances that must constantly be navigated when in love. Summer love is not always easy.

Vivian will appear at Books Are Magic on April 27 to discuss her new novel. She

is the author of the young adult novel “The List,” as well as “Not That Kind of Girl,” “Same Difference” and “A Little Friendly Advice,” and the Burn for Burn trilogy, co-written with Jenny Han. A former editor for Alloy Entertainment, she received her MFA in creative writing at the New School. She teaches creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh.

 

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