Mariko Tamaki
This One Summer

This One Summer

Rose and Windy's families have side-by-side houses in a beach town that they visit only in the summers. They do things that 12-year old girls do--spend the night, eat pizza, and watch horror movies. But the real story is people around them they're observing -- a teen girl who is pregnant, parents fighting, one mother's depression. Podcast guest Leigh Collazo described it as a "slice of life" story (hear her speak about it on WSIRN episode 50).

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