<p>In the Summertime: true stories of a multigenerational family knit together through summers and holidays on Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin.</p>

<p>The author&rsquo;s childhood at the little red cottage was filled with dramatic summer storms, unfortunate incidents involving bunk beds and outhouses, and an uncle with a talent for inventive pranks.&nbsp; There was a secret fort hidden in ancient cottonwoods, an unwanted critter in the house, fireworks on the Fourth of July, and rainy afternoons with pastimes that fed the imaginations of seven children.</p>