At the Edge of Summer is a work of historical fiction. Apart from the well-known actual people, events, and locales that figure in the narrative, all names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to current events or locales, or to living persons, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2016 by Jessica Brockmole
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
BALLANTINE and the HOUSE colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Brockmole, Jessica.
At the edge of summer : a novel / Jessica Brockmole.
pages ; cm
ISBN 978-0-345-54789-7 (hardcover : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-345-54790-3 (eBook)
1. Man-woman relationships—Fiction. 2. World War, 1914–1918—Fiction. 3. First loves—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3602.R6324A95 2016
813'.6—dc23
2015028301
ebook ISBN 9780345547903
Book design by Dana Leigh Blanchette, adapted for eBook
Title-page and part-title images: © iStockphoto.com
Cover design: Marietta Anastassatos
Cover image: Richard Tuschman
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Part 1: The Summer
Chapter 1: Clare
Chapter 2: Clare
Chapter 3: Luc
Chapter 4: Luc
Chapter 5: Luc
Chapter 6: Luc
Chapter 7: Clare
Chapter 8: Clare
Chapter 9: Clare
Chapter 10: Clare
Chapter 11: Luc
Part 2: The Letters
Part 3: The War
Chapter 12: Luc
Chapter 13: Luc
Chapter 14: Luc
Chapter 15: Clare
Chapter 16: Luc
Chapter 17: Clare
Chapter 18: Luc
Chapter 19: Clare
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