The Education Of Sebastian (paperback Or Softback)

A friendship between the lost and lonely Caroline, and the unhappy Sebastian, leads to an illicit love that threatens them both. Caroline Wilson is trapped in a cold and loveless marriage with an older man. When her husband finally wins a long sought-after promotion, Caroline feels she has little choice but to follow him to a new home in San Diego. There she meets Sebastian, a young man of 17. For an all too brief summer, their happiness blooms. But external pressures begin to bear down, not least from the overbearing David, and SebastianвЂTMs parents begin to suspect that their son has a secret. Even CarolineвЂTMs new friend, Donna, realises that dark passions exist below the serene surface. For 18+ readers Caroline Wilson is trapped in a cold and loveless marriage with an older man. After 11 years of living with David, a Flight Surgeon in the US Navy, her life is predictable and uninteresting, even to herself. When her husband finally wins a long sought-after promotion, Caroline feels she has little choice but to follow him to a new home in San Diego. There she meets Sebastian, a young man of 17 whom she first met when he was a child. The child is now a man – in all but name. An innocent friendship leads to an illicit love that threatens their world. For an all too brief summer, their happiness blooms. "When Pip a small black and white dog, finds a Spanish galleon that has been wrecked on a remote Cornish coast the ripples of this event reach across England, and a Europe savaged by the Wolf of France, Napoleon Bonaparte himself. Pip and her friend, the smuggler Harry Carter, carry important documents for the hero of the hour, Admiral Horatio Nelson. But will they be in time as the storm clouds gather, bringing war to the seas of Europe?''--Back cover. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary. "Caroline Wilson is trapped in a cold and loveless marriage. But then she meets Sebastian, a young man of 17. A friendship between the lost and lonely Caroline, and the unhappy Sebastian, leads to an illicit love that threatens them both. For an all too brief summer their happiness blooms"--Back cover