Glass Bottle Season by Fletcher Michael

Glass Bottle Season by Fletcher Michael

Summertime on Rhode Island’s luxurious Aquidneck Island. A middle-class Cuban American—freshly graduated from college—reckons with his fragile standing among the wealthy community in which he was raised, from which he might be cast out before the summer ends. Raymond Wilson-Domingo has never felt entirely comfortable among the elitist crowd of Newport’s old-money aristocracy—partly because he's Cuban, partly because of his modest upbringing in the city’s undesirable Fifth Ward neighborhood. But this summer, Ray's job at a boutique wine shop, a lobster theft, a misguided plan to become a lawyer, an exclusive beach club, an ill-timed car crash, the Moon View mansion’s mysterious and controversial new resident, and a doomed romance with the doyenne of Newport—not to mention the impending Campbell-Doheny wedding and all of the money, gossip, and drama which surrounds it—will collide, casting the differences between Ray and his peers in high relief. Ray would do anything to cement his place among New England’s most elite social circles, but will it ever be enough?

“Perfectly captures the confounding moment between college graduation and adult responsibilitiesAll in all, the drunken escapades are great fun.” —Publishers Weekly

“With a great ear for dialogue and a keen eye for place, Fletcher Michael’s Glass Bottle Season offers both a sharp dissection of privilege and an ode to the summers of youth. This is a smart, entertaining, and poignant story about the messiness of life on the cusp of adulthood.” —Alix Ohlin, award-winning author of Dual Citizens

“Glass Bottle Season, a buoyant coming-of-age story that follows Raymond as he desperately attempts to solidify his place among the hobnobbing elites of Newport, Rhode Island, is more than just a delightful beach read. Fletcher Michael’s second novel will stick with you long after the last grains of sand have been vacuumed from the trunk of your car.” —James P. MacGuire, author of Out of Time: Surviving the Sixties and Real Lace Revisited

“Fletcher Michael’s Glass Bottle Season is a closely observed coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of the insular culture of Newport royalty. This boozy, immersive novel will resonate with anyone who has ever felt like an outsider or has experienced that painful passage between the last gasps of childhood and beginnings of adulthood. It’s a terrific beach read, and just like summer, you won’t want it to end.” —Michelle Brafman, author of Washing the Dead and Bertrand Court

“This boozy coming-of-age novel is a great read for anyone who’s felt out-of-place in their own home, or clung too hard to that one last carefree summer.” —Tyler McMahon, author of One Potato

Fletcher Michael is a writer from Rhode Island. He holds a BA from Salve Regina University and an MA in English Literature from Catholic University of America. Prior to attending graduate school, Fletcher taught English in Taiwan and worked at an art gallery and television studio in Manhattan. His work has been published in Literary Imagination, Mobius Magazine, Meat for Tea: The Valley Review, Points in Case, Slackjaw, Jane Austen's Wastebasket, and The Lindenwood Review. His debut novel, Vulture, was published in 2022. The fruits of his writing efforts can be found here: byfletch.wordpress.com.

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ISBN 13	9781684429417
ISBN 10	1684429412
Title	Glass Bottle Season
Author	Fletcher Michael
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Turner Publishing Company
Year published	2024-04-18
Number of pages	240
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