Wonderful storytelling. From the perspective of a senior citizen recalling a summer as a young boy that turned out to be a pivotal moment in his life. A summer where he has a front row seat to his family trying to recover from the war, racial tension, family tension, the loss of his war hero father and a leopard that escapes the zoo. I really liked it. Slow, easy, nostalgic read. Triggers PTSD/War/Flashback scenes