BooksChatter: ☀ The Last Weekend of the Summer

Monday, 24 September 2018

☀ The Last Weekend of the Summer - Peter Murphy

Thank you for joining us on the Virtual Book Tour for The Last Weekend of the Summer, a Literary Fiction by Peter Murphy (28 August 2018, Fiction Studio Books, 224 pages).

Don't miss our Guest Post by author Peter Murphy, "Writing to Music".

PREVIEW: Check out the book's synopsis and the Kindle Cloud Reader Preview below.

Author Peter Murphy will be awarding a digital copy of Lagan Love to five randomly drawn winners via Rafflecopter during the tour. Please do take part: comment on our post and follow the tour where you will be able to read other excerpts (☀), interviews (ℚ), reviews (✍) and guest blog posts (✉).

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Synopsis

They have been coming to their grandmother Gloria's lake cottage since they were babies. Now Johnnie and Buddy have families of their own and C.C. has a life full of adult drama and adventure. And this trip – the only stated purpose of which is to bring the family together for the last weekend of the summer – seems full of portent.

Gloria has been hinting that there's more on the agenda than grilling and swimming, and when the three siblings learn that their estranged father will also be in attendance, it becomes clear that this weekend will have implications that last far beyond the final days of the season.

A touching, incisive view into the dynamics of a family on the verge of change and filled with characters both distinctive and utterly relatable, THE LAST WEEKEND OF THE SUMMER is a rich, lyrical reading experience that will resonate in your heart.

Teaser: KCR Preview

A deeply moving novel of family, secrets, and legacies.

The Last Weekend of the Summer
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About the Author

Peter Murphy was born in Killarney where he spent his first three years before his family had to move to Dublin. Growing up in the verdant braes of Templeogue, Peter was schooled by the De La Salle brothers in Churchtown where he played rugby for “The Wine and Gold.” He also played football (soccer) in secret! After that, he graduated and studied the Humanities in Grogan’s under the guidance of Scot’s corner and the bar staff, Paddy, Tommy and Sean. Murphy financed his education by working summers on the buildings sites of London. He also tramped the roads of Europe playing music and living without a care in the world.

But his move to Canada changed all of that. He only came over for a while and ended up living there for more than thirty years. He took a day job and played music in the bars at night until the demands of family life intervened.

Having raised his children and packed them off to university, Murphy answered the long-ignored internal voice and began to write. He has published five novels so far and has begun work on a new one.

Nowadays, he lives in beautiful Lisbon with his wife Eduarda and their well-read dog, Baxter.

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