Summer Of Change (Chronicles Of Matilou And Perryann)

Summer of Change staged in New Mexico during the hot summer months of 1973 is filled with complex conflicts on many levels including bullying, abandonment, greed and environmental concerns. MatiLou is eleven, the brightest one in her class and an only child. She's wished for a sister and on the hottest day, PerryAnn, who is fourteen, appears on Grandma Waters' cactus farm next door. PerryAnn's grandmother sells the minerals rights under the farm and begins drinking heavily, while in the midst of grieving the loss of her only son, PerryAnn's father. The threat of external change to the beloved cactus farm looms throughout the story because three men in steel toe boots have come to stake a well right in front of Grandma Waters' house. In the midst of it all, the girls make a trek to the highest hill at the park without telling anyone they're going. Their reasons for hiking to the hill are at odds and both girls have life threatening experiences as a result the trip. Although some experiences in "Summer of Change" are based in reality, the novella is fiction and the characters are created and not meant to describe actual people.

• | Author: Martha Passel
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Feb 23, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 140 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1534662162
• | ISBN-13: 9781534662162