The beautiful summer of 1937.
A newspaper advertisement.
A small clifftop villa for rent, above a bay and small inlet on the French Riviera. Four women, lost in a world of love, marriage widowhood and regret, come together and all are drawn to the sunshine and shores of the Mediterranean. They clash, bond and blossom in the warmth of the summer, and find their spirits stirring when quite unexpected changes occur. Introducing Mrs. Law. Dishevelled, downtrodden, always dreaming. The almost sad, sweet-faced Mrs. Peters. The formidable widow Mrs. Cohen, haunted by faces from the past, terrified of the future. The ravishing socialite Frau. Gärtner. Beautiful, frightened and running scared from a place she thought was home.
Glorious Summer is a story which rediscovers hope, in spite of a storm rumbling in the distance, waiting.
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Mark Binmore (born 1971) is an award winning British novelist,
In 2015 Mark was ranked one of Britain's 100 new influential LGBTQ writers and was the subject of three books [After The Event/Trilogy] by Chris Henson who for several years shadowed Mark and wrote an observational account of a new author at work and play.
From his catalogue, he 'gave us a glimpse into love and solitude in Soho' [Beautiful Mess], 'pretended to be an ageing actor' [Beautiful Deconstruction], 'wrote a zany obsessional one with everything and the kitchen sink in it' [Everything Could Be So Perfect] 'went into early retirement and wrote a book about being old' [Sunsets Etc] 'stepped back in the 1980s with sex, lies and secrets' [Sad Confetti] 'returned to the French countryside with a key in search of a long lost brother' [Sleeps With Butterflies/The Living Return] re-discovered childhood memories seen through older eyes [Now I Let You Go] and 'chasing idylls, romantic and artistic salvation, certain they've unlocked the secret of happiness.' [Glorious Summer]