The Summer of Firsts and Lasts by Terra Elan McVoy

Also, have I ever met anyone with a bigger potty mouth than me? Yes, her name is Brynn and her dialect is outstanding. Some self-destructions/self-discoveries are a bit more exploited than others, but some of us just outright lose it and the end result is Brynn, the competitive swimmer who took things way too far. One way or another we find ourselves drinking too much Monster/Red Bull and after that everything goes downhill. Grades, sports, clubs, high school: they all drive us crazy. Those of us who are also cursed with only the most of unreasonable anal-ness *coughs uncomfortably* know what I’m talking about. It was actually pretty beautiful in one of the most horrific ways.īrynn is basically the pitch perfect example of a perfectionist teen who is destined to over-do it and self-destruct. And nothing will get in her way of claiming victory.īut when the competitive streak follows Brynn out of the pool in a wickedly seductive cat-and-mouse game between herself, her wild best friend, and a hot new college swimmer, Brynn’s single-mindedness gets her in over her head, with much more than a trophy to lose. In the turquoise water, swimming is an escape and her ticket to somewhere-anywhere-else. Not the strained relationship with her absent mother and clueless stepdad. Not the gnawing grief over her fallen hero father. Not her mediocre grades and lack of real friends at school.

Nothing else matters to Brynn as she trains her body and mind to win. My Book, The Movie: The Summer of Firsts and Lasts.Ultracompetitive Brynn from The Summer of Firsts and Lasts craves swimming victory-and gets in over her head-in this irresistible novel from Terra Elan McVoy. Terra Elan McVoy is also the author of Pure and After the Kiss.

In terms of casting, I wouldn’t want.Visit Terra Elan McVoy's website, Facebook page, and Twitter perch. Though the characters and settings in that film and my book are all really different, I think she’d get the fun, bouncy, teenage-drama vibe just right. Since tone is so important, I’d ask Amy Heckerling, director of Clueless, one of my favorite teen films, to direct.

At least in terms of getting the energy and tone of summer camp down. When I was writing The Summer of Firsts and Lasts, the whole thing was such a movie in my head,that it’s hard to think about what it would look like as a movie in real life! That said, I think I was definitely influenced by summer camp movies while I was writing, including Little Darlings and Wet Hot American Summer. Now showing at My Book, The Movie: The Summer of Firsts and Lasts by Terra Elan McVoy.