Winter Spring Summer Fall

by Jeremy Hall

Extract from Summer Days, "Summer looked over the dead girl’s room, and felt nothing. No envy, no greed. It felt – foreign. It felt wrong. Like she didn’t belong. She had a chance of happiness once, but happiness didn’t belong in her heart. She was the grit in the oyster, but she would never be the pearl. The room was of a different age and try as she might, Summer couldn’t bend the image enough to absorb her soul. She was the Cuckoo in this nest. Why was she here? She was here because it was warm and dry. But why was she here? She was aware the dead woman had touched her heart on some level. But it was as an image in the corner of her eye that escaped direct gaze. Even though she didn’t fit the room, it felt right to be there. Strange."

John Waters, an American English teacher living in Sussex loses his family in a horiffic accident. He decides that his life is over and starts to plan his suicide. Desperate to ease his suffering, his dead wife's ghost sends an angel to distract him from his path of destruction. The angel takes the form of Summer Daize, a homeless teenager, abused from an early age and living on the fringe of society. Together these two broken souls form a bond to take them onwards to a better life.

566 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 4, 2011

Reviews

[Izabela Zalas · Rating 5 out of 5]

John Waters lost his beloved wife and children in terrific accident. He did not want to live any more and plan his suicide. But his wife did everything to protect him and put on his way a real Angel: Summer Daize - a homeless teenager.
These two broken souls overcame all difficulties, day after day, and despite of social pressure they managed it.