She convinces her parents to let her go and they agree on the terms that she must get a summer job. Kirby is the second oldest child and after some traumatic events that happened while at college she decides to spend the summer on Martha’s Vineyard.
Because of this and other events she begins to act out. She fears that her Grandmother is ashamed to have a Jewish son-in-law and granddaughter.
Jessie would rather be doing anything but playing tennis. Jessie, who has just turned thirteen, begins her summer being forced by her Grandmother to take tennis lessons at the club in the event that one day when she’s older she might be invited to play doubles at someone fancy’s house. He has some connections and since he is in a predicament he quickly agrees to help Kate, even though he isn’t sure that he can actually arrange it. Simmons, their caretaker, who has made a deal with Kate in exchange for trying to get Tiger sent home. All she can focus on is awaiting letters from Tiger and news from Mr. She is okay with letting her Mother essentially ‘mother’ her youngest, Jessie. As they embark to spend the summer on Nantucket, everyone is on the brink of change. Everyone is waiting to hear from Tiger, especially Kate and Jessie. This setting provides a melancholic undertone to the entire story.
Summer of ’69 starts with the only son of Kate Levin, Tiger getting drafted in the Vietnam War. I started reading immediately and couldn’t put it down. I put a hold on it at the library for it and had been waiting many weeks when I saw that the ebook was on sale for $4.99 and I went for it. I have been wanting to read Summer of ’69 since it first came out.
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