Contemporary women's fiction from the author of "Homing Instinct" and "A Class Apart". Tess starts to doubt the solidity of her marriage after a short holiday from her husband. Appleyard's intelligent and pertinent analysis of modern marriage should appeal to fans of Joanna Trollope and will be promoted through the national press and an adrail campaign.
It has been an idyllic summer Tess reflects as she packs up the Cornish holiday home in preparation for plunging back into the cold reality of normal life. An idyllic summer and there will be more - so why does she feel awash with a nameless fear about returning home? Alone at the holiday cottage for one last night with her young daughter - Mark and the boys have already returned home to London - she has the time and the silence to take stock of her life. A life which on the surface has everything a woman could want. So why now the children are growing up does she want more? The dramatic decision she takes that night sets her off on a quite new journey - but one for which she may need the courage to travel alone...
It has been an idyllic summer Tess reflects as she packs up the Cornish holiday home in preparation for plunging back into the cold reality of normal life. An idyllic summer and there will be more - so why does she feel awash with a nameless fear about returning home? Alone at the holiday cottage for one last night with her young daughter - Mark and the boys have already returned home to London - she has the time and the silence to take stock of her life. A life which on the surface has everything a woman could want. So why now the children are growing up does she want more? The dramatic decision she takes that night sets her off on a quite new journey - but one for which she may need the courage to travel alone...







