One Summer (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Jack Armstrong: Father of Mikki, Jackie, and Corrie and husband of Lizzy. Ex-Marine dying of an incurable disease.
• Elizabeth Armstrong, Lizzy: Wife and mother. Sensitive and loving, she cares for her bedridden husband.
• Michelle Armstrong, Mikki: Teenage, rebellious daughter
• Cory Amstrong: Quiet, sensitive son of Jack and Lizzie
• Jackie Armstrong: Lizzy and Jack's youngest son
• Sammy Duvall: Jack's best friend. Ex-soldier, but very sensitive and protective of those he loves
• Bonnie O'Toole: Lizzie's mom. She is very protective of her daughter and grandchildren.
• Jenna Fontaine: Owner of the restaurant in town and love interest for Jack.
• Liam Fontaine: A talented teen musician who befriends Mikki. His mother is Jenna.
• Fred O'Toole: Bonnie's husband. Very quiet doesn't add much to the conversation. Allows his bossy wife to take over most situations.
• Blake Saunders: Tiffany's friend that lets her call the shots.
• Mrs. Cecilia Pinckney: The matriarch of the family. Owner of the Palace.
• Tiffany Murdoch: Spoiled little rich girl.
• Bob Paterson: Very minor character at end of book. An attorney.
• Charles Pinckney: Bonnie's brother.
• Tillie: Lizzie's twin sister
• Leroy Grubbs: judge hearing Jack's custody case
• Anne Bethune: Owns a home and a camp at Channing
• Sam Jr.: Sammy's "puppy"
• Bill Miller: Jerk friend of Lizzie and Jack
• Chelsea Murdoch: Wealthy out-of-touch mother of Tiffany.
• Frances: Add a description of this character.
• Nathan Tammie: Channing sheriff.
• Janice Kaplan
• Judy Ringer
• Becky
• Mr. Drake
• Royce Baxter
• Ned Parker

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• “When you love someone, you love them forever.”

  Jack

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• “Because life doesn’t work that way. You can do everything perfectly. Do everything that you think you’re supposed to be doing. Fulfill every expectation that other people may have. And you still won’t get the results you think you deserve. Life is crazy and maddening and often makes no sense.”

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• “People who shouldn’t be here are, and someone who should be here isn’t. And there’s nothing you can do about it. You can’t change it. No matter how much you may want to. It has nothing to do with desire, and everything to do with reality, which often makes no sense at all.”

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• No matter what you do, no matter how hard you fight, life sometimes just doesn’t make sense.

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• Life was often unfair, insane, damaging. And yet the alternative to living in that world was not living in it.

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• “When you love someone, you love them forever.”

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• Absolute Power Total Control The Winner The Simple Truth Saving Faith

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• mellifluous, like water trickling over smooth rocks. Cecilia joked that

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Ohio
• South Carolina
• Heaven
• Cleveland
• Arizona
• Sweat Town
• Palace
• Lighthouse

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1. David Baldacci (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

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• Books › Literature & Fiction