Summer Books |
It feels like winter has just ended, but we`re looking forward to summer with this selection of summer books
Summer With My Sister by Lucy Diamond
Polly has always been the high-flier of the family, with the glamorous city lifestyle to match. Clare is a single mum with two children, struggling to make ends meet in a ramshackle cottage. The two sisters are poles apart and barely on speaking terms. But then Polly`s fortunes change unexpectedly and her world comes crashing down.
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A Summer Fling by Milly Johnson
When dynamic, power-dressing Christie blows in like a warm wind to take over their department, five very different women find themselves thrown together at work. But none of them could have predicted the fierce bond of friendship that her leadership would inspire. It`s one for all, and all for one!
The Book of Summers by Emylia Hall
Beth Lowe has been sent a parcel. Inside is a letter informing her that her long-estranged mother has died, and a scrapbook Beth has never seen before. Entitled `The Book of Summers`, it`s stuffed with photographs and mementos complied by her mother to record the seven glorious childhood summers Beth spent in rural Hungary.
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Summer Daydreams by Carole Matthews
Nell McNamara and boyfriend Olly are working back-to-back shifts just to make ends meet as they care for their daughter, Petal. After helping out with a makeover in the chip shop she works in, Nell begins designing handbags. It seems Nell`s dreams are finally coming true, until she finds out Olly craves the simplicity of their old lives.
The Summer House by Marcia Willett
In the small inlaid wooden box, Matt`s mother had kept all his childhood memories. Amongst them are many photos of Matt as a child, growing up. But something about the photos has always puzzled Matt. Was that really him? Why did he not remember those clothes? The toys? And where, in the photos, was his sister Imogen?
The Summer House by Santa Montefiore
Antoinette`s world has fallen apart. Her husband, the man she has loved for as long as she can remember, has died tragically in an accident. He was her rock, the man she turned to for love and support, the man she knew better than she knew herself. Or at least so she thought. For as she arrives at the familiar old stone church for George`s funeral, she sees a woman she has never met before. And in that instant, the day she thought would close a door on the past becomes the day that everything she has ever known is turned upside down.
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
`The Summer Book` is a fresh, vivid and magical novel about seemingly endless summers of discovery. An elderly artist and her six year old granddaughter while away the summer together, on a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland, their solitude disturbed only by migrating birds, sudden storms and an occasional passing boat. Gradually, the two learn to adjust to each other`s fears, foibles and yearnings for independence, and a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that engulfs not only the summer inhabitants, but the very island itself. Tove Jansson writes with a special toughness, and with a quiet, dry sense of humour, about a small girl and her grandmother, who as kindred spirits share the long days together.
The Summer Season by Julia Williams
Passions flare, secrets unravel and love blossoms in the heart of the summer season. Heartsease House is in desperate need of renovation. Its owner, widower Joel, is struggling to come to terms with life as a single dad. His plans to refurbish the house and garden suddenly seem like one burden too many. Mum to twin girls, Lauren`s life is a constant juggling act. When her ex Troy turns up she`s determined to keep her distance while he gets to know his daughters. But it`s a lot harder than she imagined. Then erstwhile guerrilla gardener Kezzie bursts into their lives with her infectious enthusiasm to restore the gardens of Heartsease. As the warm days of summer draw closer, Heartsease House and its beautiful love-knot garden are transformed. But will Joel, Kezzie and Lauren be able to restore their own hearts?
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One Perfect Summer by Paige Toon
Alice is 18 and about to start university, while Joe`s life is seemingly going nowhere. A Dorset summer, a chance meeting, and the two of them fall into step as if they have known each other forever. But their idyll is shattered, suddenly, unexpectedly. Alice heads off to Cambridge and slowly picks up the pieces of her broken heart. Joe is gone, she cannot find him. When she catches the attention of Lukas she is carried along by his charm, swept up in his ambitious plans for a future together. Then Joe is there, once more, but out of reach in a way that Alice could never have imagined. Life has moved on, the divide between them is now so great. Surely it is far too late to relive those perfect summer days of long ago?
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Summer Loving by Allie Spencer
Beth, Ginny, Kirsten and Anna are all set for a holiday of sun, sea and frolics. The four have been friends since university and now, as Ginny is about the get married to Tony - Beth`s first love from university - it`s time to catch up, reminisce, and maybe indulge in a holiday romance or two.
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