The Last Summer of Us by Maggie Harcourt
As the warm summer sunshine began to creep through the springtime clouds, we published The Last Summer of Us in May.
Jared. Steffan. Limpet. Three best friends crammed into a clapped-out car, setting off on a road-trip to who-knows-where. A journey full of secrets, regrets, and hidden truths. And a journey that will change their lives for ever.
This is the story of three friends and one summer. A story of grief and growing up. And a story of beginnings and endings - and everything in between.
Gorgeously woven into the sweeping fields and endless beaches of South Wales (alongside an ostrich farm and an abandoned temple), Maggie Harcourt plunges you straight into the car with Jared, Steffan and Limpet - and spins you off into a story that you’ll never forget.
And for a shimmering, mellifluous backdrop to The Last Summer of Us, the fabulous Bookshop Band have written two songs inspired by the book...