The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
By: Jen FergusonĀ
Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. Sheāll be working in her familyās ice-cream shack with her newly ex-boyfriendāwhose kisses never made her feel desire, only discomfortāand her former best friend, King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago without a word.
But when she gets a letter from her biological fatherāa man she hoped would stay behind bars for the rest of his lifeāLou immediately knows that she cannot meet him, no matter how much he insists.
While Kingās friendship makes Lou feel safer and warmer than she would have thought possible, when her familyās business comes under threat, she soon realizes that she canāt ignore her father forever.