The Summer I Remembered Everything

“[A] refreshing coming-of-age novel….readers will be left with a smile.” —Booklist “A gentle, emotionally astute coming-of-age story.” —Kirkus Reviews“Con Morse’s immersive novel is steeped in the quotidian moments of life….These moments add up to a summer of transformation in which the protagonist finds her voice and self-acceptance.” —The Horn Book

Catherine Con Morse was one of the inaugural Writers in Residence at Porter Square Books. A Kundiman fellow, she received her MFA from Boston University, where she taught undergraduate creative writing for several years. Her work appears in Joyland, Letters, HOOT, Bostonia, the Racist Sandwich podcast, and elsewhere. The Notes was shortlisted for the CRAFT first chapters contest and is her first novel.

In high school, Catherine attended the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, a public arts boarding school, where she was as intrigued with her teacher as Claire is with Dr. Li. Catherine continues to play and teach piano today. Most recently, she taught English at Choate Rosemary Hall, and lives in the Connecticut River Valley with her husband and daughter.