A summer full of longing - Greta Herrlicher's literary debut with VANI Verlag about friendship, love and the courage to find oneself. 'The Summer That Remained for Us' is at once tender and powerful - a ravishing coming-of-age novel about growing up, the silence of adults and the loudly beating hearts of a youth between departure and farewell. Three friends, an old guilt - and a summer that changes everything. In an idyllic small town, surrounded by glittering lakes and endless fields, Britta, Pia and Martin experience a youth full of adventure and childlike dreams. But a fateful summer tears apart the close friendship of the three. Two decades later, the lost time between them has become a foreign land. In the midst of pain and forgiveness, Britta, Pia and Martin must decide whether their friendship is strong enough to overcome the shadows of the past. But a well-kept secret threatens to tear apart the tender bonds that bind them together. A moving novel about what it means to really live, love and let go.