In the town of Rocket, Washington—a summer playground for windsurfers and tourists—a windless summer ignites fear as businesses and residents move away. Rocket’s motel, run by a lonely widower named Tom Jemmet, is hard hit. And Tom has demons of his own: memories of a beautiful wife that still haunt him, and a troubled young daughter whose retreat into a silent world confounds her father and sparks whispers in town.Swirling around Tom are lives much like his own, townspeople yearning for wind but also for hope, even love. Charlene, a mail clerk, helps care for Tom’s daughter while a secret gnaws at her heart…Lauren, the town vet, has fallen for Tom, who barely notices…and newspaper editor Hap is hatching a foolish plan to save his town.That’s when a miracle—or something like it—strikes Tom’s run-down motel. Guests who stay in Room 6 begin experiencing sudden acts of fate, both terrible and great. But while tourists descend on Rocket and the the town shows new signs of life, the truth about Tom’s motel and the death of his wife—as well as the secret hopes and fears of everyone around him—are exposed in ways that are both surprising and inevitable. Good book. Sort of paranormal but parts of the book could have been elaborated on to make it deeper and more interesting and in the end, I felt sort of shallow, like something was missing. Even the ending was very abrupt and although I think the author intended it to be that way, I just wasn't ready for it yet. Not to say I was so absorbed, I just felt like the story needed a little bit more. But I did overall like the premise behind the book - a motel, in a usually busy windsurfing/tourist town, one summer has an unexpected tourist dry-up because of the lack of wind. But guests checking into one certain room keep turning up with various big events happening in their lives after check-out. Strange themes but pretty good book.... I don't know what else to say.
What do You think about Windless Summer Windless Summer (2009)?
The author handles a difficult topic with an ending that you don't anticipate.
—Hardy777
I loved the book, hated the ending.
—purplejasmine7
