The Skating Pond — Deborah Joy Corey

Lonely and alone after the banishment of her sister, her mother's death, and her father's abandonment, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth becomes involved in a passionate relationship with an older man, a romance that has a profound emotional and erotic impact on her life, years after the affair is finished. By the author of Losing Eddie. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.