Fresh Cut Grass

This is the summer of love confusion and the smell of fresh cut grass says drifting protagonist Zac Peace David Wike an accomplished recent graduate Zac arrives at his Long Island home depressed about his fathers death his mothers estrangement and his own uncertain future To pass time he mows lawns for his mentor Sam McCuffrey a former publishing genius and current potsmoking dropout from the rat race Zac falls in love with Eastern Grace Hansz and shares with her his deepest feelings expressed through letters written to his dead father When Eastern inadvertently alerts Sam to Zacs writing potential she sets into motion a cycle of events that brings an uplifting resolution to all their lives