The First Summer - Mary Fraser

THOSE HAZY, CRAZY DAYS ..

It’s going to be a long, hot summer in Meadenham, the bustling village in the heart of commuter country – a summer that will bring joy to some, heartbreak to others.

As the heatwave goes on, Alan Ransome and his wife Martha struggle to save their marriage while they nervously await the birth of their first child … and pretty teenager Tracey Mordan eagerly explores the awakenings of adolescent passion with young Tony Withers, the Colonel’s son ….

In the Cottage Hospital, Bert Henderson lies dying, as his relatives squabble over his land and in the Roberts family, father fights son in a bitter feud between the generations.

That summer, feelings and emotions in Meadenham rise along with the temperature.