The Summer Place - PART 1 of 4 - by Mary Ellen Baldwin

In the late 1990s, my mother, Mary Ellen Baldwin, wrote a novella based on living in New York City, meeting my father, and visiting Martha's Vineyard for the first time. This is Part 1 of her first treatment of what became known as "The Summer Place" (and eventually, in another version, "The Family Place.")
"The Summer Place" is read by Juliet Hanlon.
Summary:
Susan meets Bill in the fall of 1954 at Columbia, meets his parents, and is taken to the Hickory House to hear Marian McPartland.
Note: Names of individuals were changed by my mother to avoid embarrassing family members. But using this key, one can discern who exactly she was describing.
Susan (main character and narrator) = Mary Ellen Baldwin (1933-2008)
Bill (Susan's beau) = Carl R. Baldwin (1931-2004)
Betty (Bill's mom) = Evelyn Preston Baldwin (1898-1962)
Alec (Bill's stepfather) = Roger N. Baldwin (1884-1981)
Wally (friend of family) = Fred Rodell (1907-1980)
Lucretia (Bill's sister) = Helen Baldwin (1939-1981)
Jay (Bill's brother) = Roger R. Baldwin (1929-2020)
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