A Long Walk on a Short Dock

By: Pat Richoux

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Synopsis: A summer on a lake in Minnesota should be a time of unmatched pleasure. At the age of fifteen, however, life is never perfect. Terry Hayes still felt the joy of taking out the sailboat on a fresh, lively day, but her brother and the rest of the crowd turned to other interests. This year they began to pair off for movies and dances, and Terry was left behind. As always, the highlight of the summer at Fork Lake was the sailing regatta. Terry was a wholehearted competitor in the hard-fought races, enthusiastically hiking out and taking the worst of the breaking waves, her problems for the moment forgotten. And when the regatta was over, Terry found that her efforts had been worthwhile. She held her own with the challenge on the water and away from it as well. Pat Richoux, in her first novel, writes about young people as they like to read about themselves—frankly, from their own point of view, with humor, and, most importantly, a comforting understanding of the crises of growing up.