Erin McCahan, author of The Lake Effect, created this amazing playlist for her main characters, Briggs Henry and Abigail Howe. The Lake Effect, coming July 11, is a funny, bracing, poignant romance and coming-of-age story for fans of Huntley Fitzpatrick, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and The Beginning of Everything.
About the book:
lake effect | n.
1. The effect of any lake, especially the Great Lakes, in modifying the weather in nearby areas
2. The effect of elderly ladies, mysterious girls, and countless funerals, in upending your life, one summer at the beach
It’s the summer after senior year, and Briggs Henry is out the door. He’s leaving behind his ex-girlfriend and his parents’ money troubles for Lake Michigan and its miles of sandy beaches, working a summer job as a personal assistant, and living in a gorgeous Victorian on the shore. It’s the kind of house Briggs plans to buy his parents one day when he’s a multi-millionaire. But then he gets there. And his eighty-four-year-old boss tells him to put on a suit for her funeral.
So begins a summer of social gaffes, stomach cramps, fraught beach volleyball games, moonlit epiphanies, and a drawer full of funeral programs. Add to this Abigail, the mystifying girl next door on whom Briggs’s charms just won’t work, and “the lake effect” is taking on a whole new meaning.
Smart, funny, and honest, The Lake Effect is about realizing that playing along is playing it safe, and that you can only become who you truly are if you’re willing to take the risk.
Now onto the playlist!
Briggs
My Shot – Lin-Manuel Miranda, from Hamilton Soundtrack
Believer – Imagine Dragons
There’s Nothing Holding Me Back – Shawn Mendes
Move – Saint Motel
24K Magic – Bruno Mars
Shape of You – Ed Sheeran
One of Us – New Politics
I Wanna Get Better — Bleachers
Roller Coaster – Bleachers
One Minute More – Capital Cities
Abigail
Scars To Your Beautiful – Alessia Cara
Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars
Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
Water Under the Bridge – Adele
We Don’t Know – The Strumbellas
Safe and Sound – Capital Cities
Road Less Traveled – Lauren Alaina
One Minute More – Capital Cities
Giants – Take That
Roller Coaster – Bon Jovi
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