This haunting book recounts a summer love affair in 1950s Ireland. It feels like summer - the pacing, the way days blend together, long hours of sunlight and idleness, the quiet, and the eventual reality that it must end. Trevor is a master writer - you can smell the lavender in the fields and hear the birds.

Love and Summer is about how your choices impact those around you, but it's also about regret and what might have been.

Ellie is an orphan who marries a very quiet widowed farmer struggling with grief. When Florian returns to town to sell the family estate he's inherited, he and Ellie are instantly attracted to each other. As the summer continues, they grow closer, among whispers from the town. But as the summer ends, they must make a choice that will resonate.

I'll definitely re-read this at some point. There's more to be discovered.