Ephemeral summer

the long version

"This is the compelling story of Emalee Rawlings, a young woman trying to find her way through life after the murder/suicide of her parents. Sent to live with her Aunt Audrey on Canandaigua Lake, Emalee's summers at Canandaigua seem idyllic, but life at the lake is not always so carefree. At age twenty, Emalee is trying to understand those close to her: Audrey and Karl and their fifty-five year old friendship; Peter, an artist and dear friend that seems to lack the ambition to make his art known to anyone but himself; and Stuart - a quiet, intelligent phinosopher with shom she finds herself falling in love. Emalee's journey from Canandaigua and back agan takes her from the shores of Lake Erie to the Algonquin wilderness. Along the way readers will explore the meaning of true love and gain an appreciation for thhe natural world."--Back cover