SavingSummer:Coming-of-AgeNovelAbout
OvercomingTrauma-InducingNarcissistic Parents
SavingSummerisacoming-of agestoryaboutateenage Kansasgirlenduringand overcomingachildhoodof abuseatthehandsof narcissisticparents.
Thestoryfollowstheprotagonistasshedevelopsbothanetworkof trustedfriendsaswellasherownindependencethroughoutthesixties, seventies,andeighties.
Oneofthecentralplot piecesinthenovelisthe maincharacter,Summer Stevens,beingkickedout ofherhomeatage16by herstepfather.
Shegoesonto perseverethrough homelessnesswhile continuingonasa highschoolstudent.
Thenov writtent hopeto trauma.
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Theauthor,SuzyRyan,drewupon livedexperienceinwritingSaving Summer.TheKansasnative survivedthetraumatizing developmentofSpontaneous CoronaryArteryDissection.
