The Last Summer of My Youth: a novel

When fifteen year old Aaron accidentally witnesses his fifty year old neighbor, Mrs. Prudy, nude for the first time, Aaron’s summer vacation launches into more trouble than he could have ever imagined. In addition, the hottest girl in school captures his heart, and Aaron is willing to risk it all, regardless of what anyone says, including his best friend, Paul. Caught between love, lust, betrayal, and revenge, a new mix of emotions stir inside a boy on the brink of becoming a young man; experiencing the perplexing and ambiguous confusions of adolescence. If Aaron can survive with so many pressures around him, what kind of person will the world make of him, and most importantly, will it be the kind of person Aaron himself can live with? Aaron Holloway is truly talented, and The Last Summer of My Youth is an honest, exceptionally written coming-of-age story. I eagerly await his next book. - Donald Ray Pollock, author of The Devil All the Time In The Last Summer of My Youth, Holloway offers a sincere, gritty, and compelling exploration of the hopes, fears, and ambivalence of a boy taking the risky road toward becoming a man. A must-read for adolescent boys. Much wisdom here. - Jane Bradley, author of You Believers