Summer Secrets

by Jean Stubbs

Following the death of her only daughter, Marina Meredith travels to Cornwall, England, where she must come to terms with the dissolution of her marriage and the possibility of new love with a dashing actor vacationing there. Reprint. AB.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Aka Emma Darby

Jean was born in Lancashire and educated in Manchester. She has written many novels and short stories for magazines and collections, several of which have been adapted for radio and television. She has lived for more than twenty years in a cottage in Cornwall, England, with her husband.

Reviews

[Jess · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was not a "heartwarming" story as described in my opinion. I kept waiting for something nice to happen to the female main character and it never came.

[Rita · Rating 3 out of 5]

1990.
Enjoyed reading the book. Altho there is plenty of sadness and trouble in it, it's an optimistic book. Passionate affairs and troubled marriages play a large role, but minor characters [mothers, neighbors, friends] are of interest, and the main character's relationship with her 9-year-old son develops nicely in the course of the book -- perhaps too nicely to be realistic but one would like to think it could happen this way.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Marina goes for a long break to an isolated cottage to recover from a tragedy. Her growing relationship with her 'difficult' son makes a powerful thread to this book. Very sympathetic characters and a good plot with some drama and excitement.