NEW RELEASE
In the Summer Time - Judy Astley (2013)
Miranda is returning to Cornwall, where she used to holiday as a teenager, to scatter her stepfather's ashes. Along for the ride is her mother Clare, who is naturally more withdrawn than usual. Even her flighty sister, Harriet, turns up, fleeing a scandal involving her footballer boyfriend. Despite the passage of time, Miranda runs into a few familiar faces, including her friend Jessica and her first love Steve. While their children - the next generation - get to know one another, the adults revisit the past and try to reconcile their differences. This is a lovely read that's as warm and enjoyable as a summer's day at the beach.
In the Summer Time, by Judy Astley, sees a woman return to her childhood Cornish holiday home. The summary says: "It's twenty years since Miranda, then sixteen, holidayed in Cornwall and her life changed forever. Now she's back again - with her mother Clare and the ashes of her stepfather Jack, whose wish was to be scattered on the sea overlooked by their one-time holiday home. The picturesque cove seems just the same as ever, but the people are different - more smart incomers, fewer locals, more luxury yachts in the harbour. But Miranda and Clare both find some strangely familiar faces, and revisit the emotions they both thought had disappeared." In the Summer Time is out in July 2013.