My Summer of Love

The film is regarded as one of the most successful lesbian psychological dramas in British cinema history. "My Summer of Love" is based on Helen Crosss' debut novel, which won the Betty Trask Prize for Romantic Literature in 2002. My Summer of Love is a brave, sincere book, which gives us, book-lovers, the hope that the book is not dead and is not only a money-making entertainment machine whatever the cost.

"My Summer of Love" tells the story of a relationship between two young girls from quite different socioeconomic strata. The psychological play carefully expressed the particular sentiments between two girls: a poor-family girl with a brother in prison and a middle-class girl with deep pain in her spirit sharp. Just in the summertime meeting each other, these two girls have discovered a lot about each other and about themselves. These two ladies have learned a lot about each other and themselves in just a few months of friendship. Unlike the novel, in which the author dives into the conflicted British social environment of the 1980s, director Pawlikowski opted to base his work on the love tale of two girls. The film "My Summer of Love" conveys the limitless feelings of first-life sentiments to viewers through beautiful memories, sincere sharing and the love surpasses all prejudices, leaving only endless emotions.

Detailed information:
Author: Helen Cross
Publication date: 2001

Genres: Novel

Pages: 256 pp (first edition, paperback)
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/My-Summer-Love-Helen-Cross/dp/0747575886