About this ebook
They were the talented ones - young, fresh, arrogant, with a bright golden world swinging ahead of them. Then came that terrible, traumatic summer, their last summer together, the summer that had savagely thrust them into the adult world.
Jill - the leader, brilliant, ambitious. She made it to the top but never recovered from that nightmare summer.
Carol - lovely, languid, destined to be a great artist until her own sexuality destroyed her dreams.
Penny - determined to drag herself from a council estate and a scrounging father to the glittering world of the stage.
Andrea - loyal, obedient, self-effacing - and dazzled to be part of the clever set. She never realized her life was a lie.
They never really knew the truth about that summer - just that it had changed their lives.
Jill - the leader, brilliant, ambitious. She made it to the top but never recovered from that nightmare summer.
Carol - lovely, languid, destined to be a great artist until her own sexuality destroyed her dreams.
Penny - determined to drag herself from a council estate and a scrounging father to the glittering world of the stage.
Andrea - loyal, obedient, self-effacing - and dazzled to be part of the clever set. She never realized her life was a lie.
They never really knew the truth about that summer - just that it had changed their lives.
About the author
Patricia Burns was born in Essex. After a childhood spent messing about on boats, she tried a variety of jobs from riveting plugs to serving in shops to market research. She then decided to train as a teacher, which she now combines with writing novels. In her rare spare time she enjoys lazing in the garden and entertaining friends, with the occasional bout of skiing, rock climbing and Egyptian Raqs Sharki dancing. She is now very happily single and still lives in Essex with her three children, a cat and delinquent tortoise.
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