Posted on March 22nd, 2012 at 2:36 pm by 
THE LAST SUMMER, Â a cracking read…. and we bring it to you before the launch in April 2012.
Author JUDITH KINGHORN has skillfully written a beautiful love story that instantly draws the reader in.
The first thing that strikes you in the vivid descriptions, you are taken to another place and time, Deyning and the family and friends that live and play there come alive and you feel the grass beneath your feet in the summer of 1914. Deyning Park is in its heyday, the large country house filled with the laughter and excitement of privileged youth preparing for a weekend party.
Hard back book on Amazon
The story started in The Last Summer before World War 1 when Clarissa was not quite seventeen and continued for sixteen years. It tells of how the war changes life dramatically for individuals and society at that time, both upstairs and down.
The story is full of emotion. At the start there is hope, then disappointment, courage, sadness, fear, excitement, despair, bravery, anger, loneliness, happiness and throughout the entire novel runs a story of true enduring love…. girl meets boy, girl lost boy, girl marries wrong boy… does girl find right boy?
I loved that there is another secret love affair hinted at with each chapter beginning with an unsigned love letter, the reader can try to work out who the author is until the very last page, a splendid little touch that keeps reeling you in.
I was totally in love with Tom the strong silent hero of the story, Judith has built up his profile so well.. When Clarissa meets Tom Cuthbert, he is home from university and staying with his mum, the housekeeper, she is dazzled. Tom  is also an outsider, and out of  Clarrisa class! But he is ambitious, clever, an acute observer, and a man who knows what he wants.
Look out for the paper back launched in April. Â We would like to see this as a great drama series or movie.
