Angela volunteers for Waterfront and argues with campers over lifejackets from sunrise until dusk. She hoses off the sailboats, the rowboats, the canoes. Angela loves archery, not boats. But even more, she loves Dev, the advanced-beginner swim teacher, dutifully instructing adolescents, directly next to the boat lagoon.

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