Summer: A Novel

"With Summer, Ali Smith wraps up her amazing seasonal quartet, written and set over the last four years, from the 2016 Brexit vote to the COVID-19 pandemic. This final volume, like the others, is fueled by dismay, hope, heart and flat-out brilliance and reveals overarching connections between recurrent characters and themes. What will keep these books fresh long after the news cycle has moved on is their passionate engagement with the life-enhancing powers of love, art, decency and human connection."