This Summer Will be Different

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 1, Prologue-Chapter 8

Part 1, Chapter 9-Part 2, Chapter 17

Part 2, Chapters 18-27

Part 2, Chapters 28-36

Part 3

Character Analysis

Themes

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Important Quotes

Essay Topics

Book Club Questions

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Essay Topics

This Summer Will Be Different is a modern romance novel. What tropes of this genre does Fortune utilize? Does she subvert any common modern romance tropes?

How does the novel’s alternating timeline affect the narrative? Does it play into the theme of Accepting Life’s Changes?

How does Fortune portray friendship and romance in the novel? Is her portrayal of Lucy and Bridget’s friendship significant or unusual?