Adirondack Summer, 1969

In Adirondack Summer, 1969, Alan Proctor has fashioned a marvelous world that invokes nostalgia and realism (and even magical realism) to superb effect. It’s a poignant, playful, intensely imagined book, written with grace and good humor and the kind of sentences all writers ache to produce. Highly recommended, whether you went to summer camp or not. -Brian Shawver, author of Aftermath and The Language of Fiction. I’m a big believer in good first lines to novels, and Alan Proctor grabs you from the first sentence. -Frank Higgins, playwright, author of Black Pearl Sings. This jewel of a novel … reminds readers of the vulnerability and gifts of summer …. I fell right into the characters, the setting and the drama …. -Denise Low, 2007-2009 Poet Laureate of Kansas, author of Melange Block and Jackalope. Alan Proctor’s Adirondack Summer, 1969, is a meditation on grief and loss, told with the verve of a John Irving novel. Proctor’s vivid sense of place makes the novel’s setting-an arts camp in the Adirondacks-a character in its own right. His cast, led by Deidre and Myron Cravitz, weave a gorgeous, often comic, tapestry of their delusions, loves, and dreams. Any reader booking a cabin at Camp Cravitz should prepare to be moved and entertained. -Whitney Terrell, author of The Good Lieutenant.