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Summer Love - Jealous Winter (Africa's Snow White)
Summer Love Jealous Winter - Africa's Snow White Author:Jonathan Eloff South Africa, 1971: Nicholas and Elizabeth meet on summer vacation in the Wilderness, a sub-tropical paradise along the sprawling, golden shores of the Indian Ocean. They soon become inseparable, but their hopes of seeing each other again are shattered when Elizabeth's mother, Constance, vows that they're never going back. — Elizabeth's dad, Edwi... more »n, discovers that his boss and best friend, Lawrence Stevens, has lost his eight-year-old son to leukemia. Thinking they'll want to distance themselves from their painful memories, Constance sees an opportunity and offers the Stevens family a trade: her home for theirs.
Meanwhile, Lawrence's wife, Rebecca, has started drinking, forcing him to get a maid to help around the house. Soon Rebecca finds that even her two daughters don't need her anymore, which leads her down a path that could destroy what's left of her family.
Despite her mother's promise, Elizabeth meets Nicholas again in the Wilderness, but now she has a steady boyfriend (Pieter), and he doesn't know about Nicholas. She decides to forget the consequences and tell Pieter, but as she's leaving, she sees something that makes her want to forget Nicholas instead. Meanwhile, Constance has found the perfect match for Elizabeth--Charles Atherton: rich, handsome, and the schoolmate of Prince Andrew.
When Edwin gets back from vacation, he discovers that Lawrence has gambled the future of the company they jointly manage with a risky investment. Knowing that Edwin will replace Lawrence if he's fired, Constance sees another opportunity, but she's forgotten one crucial thing: Lawrence is teetering dangerously close to the edge, and he has little left to lose. . . .
SUMMER LOVE JEALOUS WINTER is based on a true story is and written for a mature audience, who will be able to relate to the hopes, dreams, and struggles of both teenagers and adults.« less