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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the WZ book Club. This is Jordan. While back,

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<v Speaker 1>I interviewed Diane Brayley, a local Boston area writer, for

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<v Speaker 1>her dramatic and moving first novel, The Silence in the Sound,

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<v Speaker 1>the setting Martha's vineyard and a young woman's relationship with

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<v Speaker 1>her alcoholic father. Now a new novel called The Summer

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<v Speaker 1>Before One that also deals with intense trauma. Two young girls,

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<v Speaker 1>maddled and in Summer, are the best of friends and

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<v Speaker 1>like sisters, they share everything. But Summer has been hiding

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<v Speaker 1>a brutal secret for many years. Someone has been abusing her,

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<v Speaker 1>someone very close to the two girls. Sadly, most predators

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<v Speaker 1>are people we know and love and trust. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>criminal trial and Madeline, now a young woman, wrestles with

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<v Speaker 1>guilt and shame over what happened to Summer back then,

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<v Speaker 1>something Madeline didn't want to believe. She must face up

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<v Speaker 1>to all those involved in the trauma to begin her

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<v Speaker 1>healing process. A powerful second novel from Diane Brayley, The

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<v Speaker 1>Summer Before the book Club WZ Boston's news radio