Last Summer at the Golden Hotel Free Audiobook Download by Elyssa Friedland

Last summer at the Golden Hotel, a three-week summer adventure at an idyllic country inn in Maine, becomes a life-changing trip for eighteen-year-old Lila, who's on her own.

As a teen from the Midwest, coming to New York for summer with her dad was a rite of passage. She soaked in the sights and sounds that she loved about this city, taking in all the art and exploring the best pizza. What she didn't expect was that one visit to Central Park would change her life forever.

Last Summer at the Golden Hotel is an insightful and poetic story of the tragic aftermath of a family vacation gone wrong, set during the summer of 1983. As the title implies, it's a story about last summer at the Golden Hotel in North Carolina, but one that also serves as a reminder of how things were back in those days when kids ran around outside without fear and parents prayed their children would be safe.

By the end of her summer at a small hotel in Switzerland, Elyssa has fallen for her boss, Sebastian. She loves his passion and the way he embraces life with each and every day. Yet she knows that even if he reciprocates her feelings, he’ll never be able to commit to her given their age difference and the fact that they don’t live anywhere near each other.

Last Summer at the Golden Hotel is a short story/novella told by Julia Whelan, a narrator who has been recently released from a mental institution. She has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is being treated, among other things, with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She tells her story of what happened last summer when she was staying at the aforementioned hotel.

In this novel, Elyssa Friedland takes a look at the golden summers of her childhood. She looks back on her family's trips to the hotel they loved as children and how they shaped her life. Her story is told through flashbacks of the past and present alike. Though she is a working mother now, she loves to write about what was most important in her life - love and laughter.