That Summer in Jasper Park
A Novel of Romance and Adventure High in the Canadian Rockies
by Wayne Sherrard

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"In no time, I was soaked and so scared I was shaking. I couldn’t believe I was in the middle of the thunder cloud. It grew very dark, almost like nighttime. Clouds swirled all around me with high winds. I hugged the boulder to keep the winds from blowing me off the mountain. My heart pounded as though it were going to burst. Lightning continued to flash. Loose rocks rolled by me, and little streams of rushing water threatened to cause a minor landslide. I prayed the boulder I was hugging would stay put." It’s 1968 and twenty-year-old Wayne is looking for a little summer romance and some real adventure before he buckles down for a hard school year in the fall. And when he gets a summer job at gorgeous Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park, he can hardly believe his luck. There are stunning mountains to climb, pretty girls in abundance, and loads of fun things to do with all the other young people working there. Along with scaling some of Maligne Lake’s impressive peaks, an ambitious activity that on one foolhardy excursion almost costs him his life, Wayne’s got big things he wants to do before he settles down. He has no intention at all of getting seriously involved with any girl. But man plans and God laughs, as the saying goes, and when Wayne gets romantically entangled with lovely, spirited, sweet Eileen, his personal agenda begins to go seriously astray. Set in a more innocent time, amidst stunning vistas, sixties pop music, and twenty-something angst, That Summer in Jasper Park teaches us that once true love comes into the picture our best-laid plans can go completely awry.

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“Sherrard masterfully creates a cast of characters who feel lively and unique from each other…” —Kirkus Reviews "A novel about hard work, altruism, and individual authenticity... That Summer in Jasper Park is a vigorous, optimistic coming-of-age novel set against nature’s timeless beauty." —Foreword Clarion Reviews

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Wayne Sherrard grew up in a Royal Canadian Air Force family and lived on seven different military air bases before he turned eighteen. He became a Queen Scout as a teenager and when in college spent a glorious summer in Jasper National Park. Wayne went on to become an electrical engineer, which often took him into Canada’s fascinating, beautiful, and unforgiving Arctic. While running a high-tech manufacturing company, he began writing manuals for his products, fell in love with writing, and started to study creative writing and read the great authors. When he’s not writing and reading, he’s painting contemporary art, which you can find at www.waynesherrard.com. Wayne is now retired from engineering and lives in Edmonton, Alberta with his wife and muse Eileen, with whom he shares three adult children and three grandchildren. His first book, “Really, Granddad?” was published in 2020.

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