Remember those happy summer vacations with family? Whether you went to the lake or the seashore, you'll love reliving those special times reading Southampton Summers.

Andiamo! Come along and meet the Marra, Maffei and Saracino families! You'll love their first generation of Americans, colorful immigrants who left Italy over 100 years ago for a better life in the USA. In the mid-1950s they built three beach bungalows near a no-name beach in Southampton, Long Island. Now, more than 60 summers (and five generations later!), 14 different family members relive their personal stories of those happy days of swimming, fishing and clamming at their rocky Riviera on the Little Peconic Bay.

There's plenty of pasta and always room for one more on the screened porch while you enjoy reading Southampton Summers.

• Savor the stories written by 14 different authors from three generations descended from the original Italian settlers.
• All of the stories are fun, easy to read and (although spiced up a bit here and there), they're all true!
• Revive your own memories as you identify with common scenes of traditional American family life.
• Enjoy scores of photos interlaced throughout. And the photos and illustrations depict real people and real places!
• Remember these words by the American-British author and social commentator Henry James: "Every good story is of course both a picture and an idea, and the more they are interfused, the better."