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2079: Before that summer…life was good. Wasn’t it?
The Last Romantics
What you need to know before your trail
For the Skinners, their lives divide into two parts: before that heady summer – of unsupervised youth and tragedy – and after. But mainly after.
The events of that childhood summer bound the siblings together fiercely, but the consequences would never be erased. For it’s the million little betrayals echoing through the years that threaten to fray their last fragile ties . . .
Spanning five decades, The Last Romantics is a sweeping, compelling portrait of one family – and every family. It is about betrayal, the responsibilities we bear, and how we can lose – and sometimes rescue – the ones we love.
Travel Guide
Travel via the history of a family via CT, NY and Miami
Bexley
A fictional town, middle-class, where the father of the family in the novel live. He owns and operates a dental practice.
“Belxey, Connecticut, was like that. Working-class New Englanders starched in Puritan ethics. Their nails were dirty but their souls were clean.”
New York
‘In New York it was easy to forget you were surrounded by something as elemental as water. It was easy to lose yourself in all that concrete, surging crosswalks, taxi honks, steam and grit.”
Miami South Beach
“The ocean reminded you everyday of its authority.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Last Romantics
Destination/location: CT, New York, Miami Author/guide: Tara Conklin Departure Time: 1960s, 2000s, 2079
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