One Last Summer

About the Book

MY BOOK IS ABOUT FOUR FRIENDS, ALL WHO ARE BLACK IN THE DETROIT AREA AND COME FROM WELL TO DO FAMILIES. THREE OF THE GUYS ARE IN THEIR FINAL SUMMER BEFORE THEY ARE FINALLY FINISHED WITH HIGH SCHOOL AND HOPEFULLY GO OFF TO COLLEGE. THE FOURTH FRIEND HAS ONE MORE YEAR LEFT. THE MAIN CHARACTER WILL BE GOING TO VILLANOVA ON A TRACK SCHOLARSHIP. IN THAT SUMMER HE GOES THROUGH CHANGES AND PROBLEMS WITH HIS THREE FRIENDS, FALLS IN LOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND LEARNS MORE ABOUT HIMSELF AND FRIENDS BEFORE HE LEAVES FOR COLLEGE.

THE SECOND FRIEND IS BEING RAISED BY A SINGLE FATHER WHO BECAUSE OF HIS BUSINESS IS NEVER AT HOME. THE SECOND GUY IS A PRODIGY PIANIST WHO IS VERY TALENTED BUT BORED TO SOME EXTENT WITH LIFE. HE SELLS WEED TO THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT NOT ON A BROAD SCALE. HE MEETS SOME BIGGER FISH AND GETS IN OVER HIS HEAD. THE THIRD GUY’S FATHER AND ORIGINAL MOTHER ARE DECEASED AND BEFORE HIS FATHER DIED, HE MARRIED A YOUNG GOOD LOOKING GIRL WHO OUR CHARACTER DOESN’T GET ALONG WITH BECAUSE OF HIM THINKING THAT SHE MARRIED HIS FATHER ONLY FOR HIS MONEY. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM BETWEEN HIM AND HIS NEW STEP MOM DUE TO THE FACT THAT SHE GETS ALONG WITH HIS YOUNGER SISTER AND HE THINKS THEY ARE TEAMING UP AGAINST HIM. HE ALSO HAS A DRINKING PROBLEM THAT DOESN’T HELP HIS SITUATION. THE FOURTH GUY IS THE BIG FOOTBALL JOCK IN THEIR SCHOOL AND HE HAS THE BIG HEAD AND THINKS ITS HIS WORLD, WELCOME TO IT.

THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND HOW EACH GUY TRIES TO UNDERSTAND HIMSELF BETTER AND HOW HE DEALS WITH IT. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE STORY IS HOW BLACK PEOPLE COME TO SEE THEMSELVES WHEN THEY ARE PRIVILEGED AND THOUGH THEY ARE WELL OFF STILL HAVE PROBLEMS TO SOME EXTENT. THE STORY IS A COMING OF AGE STORY, A LOVE STORY, SOME GOOD TIMES AND BAD TIMES, LIFE IN GENERAL.

About the Author

Dale Q Parker was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is an unique author who chooses to write stories about things that really happen. He writes from the heart and writes based on the great movies of the 50’s and 60’s that involved great emotion and drama along with situations people can imagine occurring. This book along with future books will hopefully make readers feel emotions and situations they may have or have not sensed before. Finally his books will hopefully make readers laugh, cry, remember when they did that and root for his or her favorite character.