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Seven Months of Summer: A heart-tugging story of love, loss and second chances
By (Author) Saskia Sarginson
Little, Brown Book Group
Piatkus Books
10th October 2023
6th July 2023
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Romance: wholesome
Narrative theme: Coming of age
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Narrative theme: Sense of place
823.92
Paperback
400
Width 124mm, Height 206mm, Spine 22mm
272g
One week to fall in love. Seven months apart. A summer to make it right.
___________1993. When Kit meets Summer on the backpacking trip of a lifetime, he falls head over heels in love, certain that what they have is much more than just a holiday romance.On returning home, Kit is confident he'll be able to find the magical girl he met. But when he follows the clues Summer told him about her life, the person he thought he knew doesn't seem to exist.Heartbroken that she lied to him, and with no way of contacting her, Kit moves to the Suffolk coast for a fresh start. Little does he know that Summer is living just a few miles away - and is incapable of forgetting Kit too.But as the months pass, Kit and Summer's paths never collide. Their lives move on, and a hazy, sun-drenched summer begins.By the time they meet, will it be too late to start againPraise for Saskia Sarginson:
With echoes of David Nicholls's One Day, this romance has just the right mix of heart-melting moments and heart-rending near misses * Good Housekeeping *
Intensely romantic * Sunday Mirror *
A wonderful, heart-tugging romance * Prima *
A raw, emotional book about love in all its guises * Sun *
An unforgettable story about once-in-a-lifetime love. A heartfelt and emotional depiction of two people thrown together by destiny then torn apart by circumstance. Powerful, timeless and moving - I loved it -- Holly Miller
Heartbreaking * Bella *
Have tissues to hand * Best *
A beautiful portrait of love. Real. Complicated. Irresistible -- Jemma Wayne
Saskia Sarginson was awarded a distinction in her MA in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway after a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University and a BA in Fashion Design & Communications. Before becoming a full-time author, Saskia's writing experience included being a health and beauty editor on women's magazines, a ghost writer for the BBC and Harper Collins and copy-writing and script editing.
Saskia lives in south London with her partner and four children.