O vara doar pentru noi

A summer affair with a famous actor shapes this novel. It looks at love and what we recall. Ann Patchett writes about the strong feelings of youth. She looks at the mistakes young people make, too. She also shows how love lasts in a happy marriage. The ties between parents and children are a key theme. The story grieves for lost youth. Yet it finds worth in growing older and second chances.

Patchett is an American writer. Her work has won the PEN/Faulkner Award and Orange Prize. This novel won the 2024 Southern Book Prize for Fiction. Irina Horea translated this edition and wrote its notes.