Last Summer in Rockaway

Acclaimed short story writer Richard Grayson has been keeping a diary since the summer of 1969 when he turned 18 a time recounted in his first published book of diary entries SUMMER IN BROOKLYN. In LAST SUMMER IN ROCKAWAY it's 1991 and he's turning 40 and spending his final summer in New York City living in the beachfront apartment that had been his grandparents' longtime home. Having just survived bankruptcy Grayson is about to shake up his life by moving to a strange city and becoming a first-year law student in middle age. Richard Grayson's previous diary books include SUMMER IN BROOKLYN: 1969-75; MORE SUMMER IN BROOKLYN: 1976-79; WINTER IN BROOKLYN 1971-72; SPRING IN BROOKLYN 1975; AUTUMN IN BROOKLYN 1978; A YEAR IN ROCKAWAY 1980; SOUTH FLORIDA WINTERS 1981-84; WEST SIDE SUMMERS 1984-87; LATE SPRING IN SUNRISE 1982; INDIAN SUMMER: PARK SLOPE 1985; SPRINGTIME IN LAUDERHILL 1986; EIGHTIES' END: 1987-89; SUMMER IN NEW YORK 1990; and FIRST FALL IN GAINESVILLE 1991.