Packing his duffel for that first Memorial Day Weekend, he prayed for clarity. In 2013, John Glynn joined the share house. Against the moonlight the house’s octagonal roof resembled a bee’s nest. The house was a ramshackle split-level set on a hill, and each summer thirty-one people would sleep between its thin walls and shag carpets. They call Montauk the end of the world, a spit of land jutting into the Atlantic. Out East is his first book.Īn “extraordinary” debut memoir of first love, identity, and self-discovery among a group of friends who became family in a Montauk summer house (Andrew Solomon, National Book Award winner). He grew up in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and lives in New York City. John Glynn is an editor at Hanover Square Press, an imprint of HarperCollins. The Monsters for Templeton by Lauren Groff The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael Zapata These three titles-two recent favorites, and one enduring go-to-remind us that everyone is trying their best, that joy can exist amid hardship, and that community is never far away. In a moment physical separation, I’m turning to books that evoke the goodness of humanity. Another post in our ongoing series, #StayHomeStaySafeReads, author John Glynn, whose memoir Out East comes out in paperback on May 5th, has three recommended reads.
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