This book enticed me by the name and it ended up being a fairly good read though defintely heartwrenching with the ending. It's about a summer romance between a back country Nebraska guy and a young 18 year old girl and though they have a summer of love and would comtemplate marriage once she goes off to college two separate lives occurred. Of course 20 years down the road she realizes she isn't happy in her marriage and she can't stop thinking about the Nebraska guy, Will, and calls him up to see how he is doing. She finds out that he has spent most of his life being a complete alcoholic, not a mean one, but is now slowly dying with liver disease and all the associated things that come from nonstop drinking. she ends up going out to visit him and they have a lovely time before a very surprising event occurs! I did enjoy the book but it is a very hard ending to take in and I had just watched a movie with a very similar gut-wrenching ending so I think that sort of skewed my perception. I would still suggest it though!
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