description: They met in a bar on Marthas Vineyard. Bill was instantly smitten by her cool beauty, her insouciance, her sassy youth - but Juliet was unimpressed. Even so, a courtship began, and for the next eight summers, in sublime settings across North America, Bill Roorbach and Juliet Karelsen made circuitous progress toward a lasting love, and, finally, marriage. In charming fashion, Summers with Juliet tells this tale, but it also chronicles a second awakening, as Juliet rekindles in Bill his childhood enchantment with nature. Now marvelous creatures abound: giant ocean sunfish and wild turkeys, bellicose hummingbirds and canny trout, all of them images and explications of the many facets of Juliet. Landscapes hold new mysteries, too, and the author vividly describes his exuberant road trips with Juliet around the country, from the River of Promise in Montana, to the Gulf Coast of Florida.
language: English
title: Summers With Juliet
titlecomplete: Summers With Juliet
genres: Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 90
publisher: Houghton Mifflin