O'Malley Family Saga · Book 1
Summer at the Lake
- Published
- 1 January 1997
- Pages
- 412
- ISBN-13
- 9781561007462
- Type
- novel
About this book
Summer at the Lake opens Andrew Greeley's seven-novel O'Malley Family Saga in 1997, introducing Chucky and Rosemarie O'Malley in their youth and courtship as Greeley begins tracing mid-century Chicago Irish Catholic life through their decades-spanning marriage. At 412 pages, it's the longest entry, setting up the family chronicle that follows.
Its place in O'Malley Family Saga
Summer at the Lake is book 1 in the O'Malley Family Saga series. It is followed by A Midwinter's Tale. See the full O'Malley Family Saga reading order.
A seven-novel chronicle of the O'Malley family -- Charles "Chucky" O'Malley and his wife Rosemarie chief among them -- across the twentieth century, from Chucky and Rosemarie's youth and courtship through the Second World War, into ambassadorial and family life, and finally old age in Golden Years (2004). Greeley uses the family's decades-spanning story to trace mid-century American Catholic life, Chicago's Irish community, and a marriage that stays passionate and complicated across fifty years, rather than…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781561007462