Seventeenth Summer

By: Maureen Daly

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's Summary

A summer to remember…

Angie always thought high school romances were just silly infatuations that come and go. She certainly never thought she would fall in love over one short summer. But then she sees Jack Duluth’s crew cut peek out over a booth in McKnight’s drugstore, and their connection is beyond any childish crush. Suddenly, Angie and Jack are filling their summer with stolen moments and romantic nights. But as fall grows closer, they must figure out if their love is forever or just a summer they’ll never forget.

©1942 Maureen Daly (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic Reviews

“An utterly enchanting book.” ( New York Times)

It Was Okay

I’m glad this was just over 8 hours long...the use of the word “queer” for things like her mood, voice, smile, etc. was both annoying and confusing. “It gave me a queer feeling.” I’m not offended by the word itself, but the overuse of it was just too much and a bit distracting. I just didn’t enjoy this story in general. It sounds juvenile and amateur. But to each their own.

Interesting listen

This was interesting, at first it was hard to place the setting of this one. It was definitely of another era but hard to place. Then after doing a little research on the author and when it was written it made a little more sense. It's a sweet look at the time but very slow moving and full over drawn out descriptions but brings you back to a slower time. Narration is done well.

Bizarre

The dialogue of this book is bizarre to say the least. It is clearly set in another era, but is written straight out of naive girls diary. I just couldn’t understand the point of the story and gave up just a little bit into it.

A lovely story.

Loved how the author was very detailed oriented about the setting of the story and surroundings. For example, the why they painted out the empty house after a day spending outside all day on 4th of July. Listening to the narrator tell it was like listening to a painted picture. Beautiful.

Takes you back in time to a slower pace!

This made my mind go back to a simpler time. A time with values...morals.....true love that lasts.

sweet summer

I read this as a teenager. Wonderful, sweet story about first love. So happy to have found this again.

Sweet and Sappy

The way life used to be.
I cringed often at the over use of similes and metaphors.
Reminded me of my summer before college in the 70’s.

Like a stroll through a summer once lived

At first, I didnt think I could finish this story because of how slow it is. However, I didnt want to give up on it, because the setting was refreshing and the people were likeable. I'm glad I didnt give up, because it ended up being a very sweet little story that took me back to my own summers as a kid, and made me remember all the fun things I used to do and want to do this summer. A great read for those who like to slow down and smell the roses.

Slow

This book although read by the amazing Julia Whelan was slow… not very exciting and I would not recommend to others.

Not worth the read for me

This book is very simple. Cute and old school. A good book I’d say for a casual read without any expectations or thrills. Just for me personally this felt more like a 1950s teenagers diary back in time when things were simpler and not much happened…at all.