num_pages: 272
description: "A remarkable achievement . . ." The Philadelphia InquirerA bittersweet evocation of a divided childhood, with its inevitable disappointments, family secrets, surprising discoveries, loneliness, and love, SWEET SUMMER also recalls, with breathless anticipation, living on the cusp of the social revolution of the 1960s. An achingly honest and beautiful reminder of the universal challenge of growing up and facing one's parents as an adult.
language: English
title: Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad
titlecomplete: Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad
genres: Biography, African American Literature, Memoir, Nonfiction, School, African American
ratings_count: 350
publisher: Ballantine Books