That Summer in Cornwall by Ciji Ware
A different latitude, a different worldMeredith Champlin finds herself the legal guardian of a kid she's never met: Janet Barton Stowe, an unruly eleven-year-old Beverly Hills brat, whose mother - Meredith's cousin-- had died in a private plane crash.At the pleading of the child's Anglo-American aunt, Lady Blythe Barton-Teague, Meredith reluctantly agrees to Even with the help of a rookie search dog named T-Rex, the odds appear long that three months in the country of Meredith's Cornish ancestors can transform her difficult ward into a happier child, heal the wounds incurred by her soldier-turned-rescuer, and preserve the Barton-Teague estate from looming insolvency.
CIJI WARE is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling novelist, an Emmy-award winning television producer, reporter, writer, lecturer, and host. Her latest work is the novella The Ring of Kerry Hannigan, part of the RING OF TRUTH anthology with novelists Diana Dempsey and Kate Moore, published in July 2014. Ware has won numerous awards for her 9 works of fiction, including the Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence; the 'Golden Quill' award for Historical Fiction;'Best Fictionalized Biography' for ISLAND OF THE SWANS and 'Best Historical Novel nomination for WICKED COMPANY from Romantic Times magazine. Her novel, A RACE TO SPLENDOR debuted in April, 2011 on the 105th anniversary of the devastating 1905 San Francisco Earthquake and Firestorm and was short-listed for the WILLA (Cather) Literary Award in 2012. Her first all-contemporary work of fiction, THAT SUMMER IN CORNWALL, was published in January, 2013, and is a stand-alone sequel to her bestselling time-slip novel, A COTTAGE BY THE SEA. The second in Ware's Four Seasons Quartet, THAT AUTUMN IN EDINBURGH--also a contemporary, stand-alone sequel to ISLAND OF THE SWANS--was published in November, 2013. For the latter novel, she was bestowed the honor of FSA Scot, of which she is exceedingly proud. Ware's most recent nonfiction, RIGHTSIZING YOUR LIFE: Simplifying Your Surroundings While Keeping What Matters Most was named by the Wall Street Journal as One of the Top 5 Books on Retirement Issues. For seventeen years Ware was heard daily as a commentator on ABC Radio & TV in Los Angeles. During her noted career as a broadcaster, she has worked for PBS and all three major network affiliates, covering a wide range of topics in the areas of health, consumer and lifestyle subjects. Ciji Ware is also a sought-after event speaker, print journalist, (AARP, Travel & Leisure and other national magazines) and has the distinction of being elected as the first woman graduate of Harvard College to serve as President of the Harvard Alumni Association, Worldwide. The author lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Visit Ciji's website at www.cijiware.com; her Facebook page: Ciji Ware, Novelist http: //www.facebook.com/pages/Ciji-Ware-Novelist/102621349810555 and her Pinterest page at http: //pinterest.com/cijiware/
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| ISBN 13 | 9780988940819 |
| ISBN 10 | 0988940817 |
| Title | That Summer in Cornwall |
| Author | Ciji Ware |
| Series | Four Seasons Quartet |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Life Events Media LLC |
| Year published | 2013-03-04 |
| Number of pages | 380 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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