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One Summer in Savannah

Written by: Terah Shelton Harris
Narrated by: Zuzu Robinson
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Publisher's Summary

A compelling debut that glows with bittersweet heart and touching emotion, deeply interrogating questions of family, redemption, and unconditional love in the sweltering summer heat of Savannah, as two people discover what it means to truly forgive.

It's been eight years since Sara Lancaster left her home in Savannah, Georgia. Eight years since her daughter, Alana, came into this world, following a terrifying sexual assault that left deep emotional wounds Sara would do anything to forget. But when Sara's father falls ill, she's forced to return home and face the ghosts of her past.

While caring for her father and running his bookstore, Sara is desperate to protect her curious, outgoing, genius daughter from the Wylers, the family of the man who assaulted her. Sara thinks she can succeed—her attacker is in prison, his identical twin brother, Jacob, left town years ago, and their mother are all unaware Alana exists. But she soon learns that Jacob has also just returned to Savannah to piece together the fragments of his once-great family. And when their two worlds collide—with the type of force Sara explores in her poetry and Jacob in his astrophysics—they are drawn together in unexpected ways.

©2023 Terah Shelton Harris (P)2023 Tantor
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What the critics say

"Readers will be completely swept up and absorbed by Harris's emotionally evocative storytelling, as she exquisitely probes the bittersweet depths of the human condition and the renewable nature of the heart and soul."—Shelf Awareness

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Good romance story

Overall the story is good, a little predictable but good. The narrator sounds like a robot.

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Narrator ruined the story

I feel sorry for the author as this book is well written and tells a great story. Unfortunately, the narrator is so annoying it made it extremely difficult to concentrate on the storyline.
I don't understand how this got to publication. Much of the tome the narrator would hesitate every couple of words followed by emphasis on the next word. Irritating.

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A Masterpiece

This brilliant, beautiful, engrossing and unique novel will surely connect with your inner poet. Highly recommended!

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Difficult subject well written

I want to wrap Sarah, the real Sarah, up in my arms for the strength and courage it took to let her story be told. This storyline happens way too many times to too many women in our world today.

One Summer in Savannah kept taking me through different emotions. Rage, sadness, empathy, grief, joy, falling in love and the biggest step for Sara, is forgiveness. I can only imagine how difficult it would be in a case such as this.

The only comment I would have is that having different readers on the audiobook would have made it a bit more enjoyable.

Bravo to Terah Shelton Harris.

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amazing story

Although I don't enjoy the reader, she sounds like there is a comma every two words and pauses at weird places, the story was in itself worth finishing the book. A really good story with such a great last line!

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Horrible narrative

the narrator uses an extreme choppy tone.
I could barely get thro the book...
brutal!!

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