Seven Summers by Paige Toon EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Paige Toon
- Language: English
- Genre: Women’s Friendship Fiction
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Perfume emanates from the purple and white wildflowers growing on the
grassy banks and the morning air is crisp and still as I set off to Seaglass,
the restaurant-cum-bar on the beach where I work. On either side of me, the
hills seem to climb higher and higher as the road cuts down through the
valley, and in the far distance, the Atlantic Ocean comes into view, a deep
blue where it hits the horizon. I follow the curve of the road past
whitewashed cottages, the pub and the Surf Life-Saving Club before
Trevaunance Cove appears in full. The tide is halfway in and the curling,
clear aquamarine waves are lapping gently against the creamy-white sand.
Summer has landed and Cornwall is radiant. I feel the hope of it in my
bones, as though I might finally be ready to step out of the cold shadow that
has lingered over me lately.
My new hair is helping too. I’ve worn my dark hair long ever since I can
remember, but yesterday I went to the hairdresser and told her to do
whatever she wanted.
Now it swings in waves just shy of my shoulders and I love it. I feel like
a whole new person, which is exactly what I need.
My thoughts turn to Finn and my mood takes a nosedive, but then a
breeze catches my hair and blows it back off my face, almost as though
Mother Nature herself is reminding me that it’s time for a fresh start.
As I head up the external staircase to Seaglass, my attention is caught by
something unusual down on the beach below. The stream that leads to the
ocean has carved myriad tracks out of the sand and someone has dug a
number of the rivulets deeper by several inches so that now they look like
tree branches forking outwards from a trunk.
I pause so I can better study the art etched into the sand. The tree is
leafless, which makes me think of winter. I wonder if it’s winter in the
artist’s imagination too. What tools did he or she use to create the work? As
a sculptor, I’m interested.
A wave collapses onto the shore and licks over the highest branches. It
won’t be long before the tide wipes the canvas clean and I hate the thought
of something so beautiful being stolen away before others have had time to
appreciate it.
An idea comes to me and I take out my phone and click off a few shots,
posting the best of them to Seaglass’s Instagram page, along with the
caption, ‘How about a little sand art with your brunch?’
I’m an artist, not a wordsmith, so that will have to do.
Checking my email, I see that I have a new message from Tom Thornton:
Hi Liv,
Just dropping you a line on the off chance that the cottage will be
available earlier than 4 – I’m already in Cornwall.
Thanks,
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