It is summer and a stranger has come to quiet Rathmoye. He is noticed by Ellie, the young convent girl, who is married to Dillahan, a farmer still mourning his first wife. Over the long and warm days, Ellie and the stranger form an illicit attachment. And those in the town can only watch, holding their tongues, as passion, love and fate take their inevitable course. Praise for Love and Summer 'I can't think of anything I've read recently that has chronicled more accurately the thumping chaos of human hearts or felt more questioning and youthful and alive.' Julie Myerson, The FT 'The ordinary throughout is presented as instances of paradise just about to be reached. That Trevor allows his characters so much is not only due to the innate generosity for which he is justly worshipped as a writer, but to a new grace again, something further, that marks this book as particular, miraculous; in it old matters are made new, transformed, redeemed . . . his prose rises to new heights.' Sebastian Barry, The Guardian 'Trevor's aesthetic and moral sensibility stands head and shoulders above that of most contemporary novelists- at once gentle and strong; deft and deep; knowing, yet newly amazed at the joy and tragedy in ordinary lives . . . Trevor is writing svelte, intelligent, morally sensitive novels towards the end of a long life devoted to literature.' Ruth Scurr, The Times 'a flawless work of art.' Elspeth Barker, The Independent on Sunday 'Trevor's prose has the sinewy grace of an eel, never giving away too much and in doing so, giving you everything.' 5 stars***** Metro