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The Girlfriend
What you need to know before your trail
Can a romance where the two people are form different sides of the track ever work out?
Daniel is from a very wealthy family but he meets a girl one day, Cherry, in an Estate Agents whilst hoping to move to a posh part of London. Cherry is from a poorer family in Croydon but dreams of the richer lifestyle Daniel has. They instantly fall for each other and things between them move very quickly.
Laura is jealous – Laura, Daniel’s mother. She loves Daniel with all her heart since she lost a little girl and is in a loveless marriage, with an errant husband. But sometimes love can smother.
Then there’s Cherry – like the fruit, sweet at first but Laura feels she found the hard core, the stone heart of the girl who is trying to muscle into her family..
But Cherry thinks the same of the mother – trying to keep her out of the loop, away from her precious son. Daniel stuck in the middle and one woman will go to great lengths to win…
Travel Guide
London
A tale of two cities in a way – Laura and her family live in the nice posh london where houses are swish and swanky and where golf lessons and more are part of the daily routine. Daniel is the prodigal son who can do no wrong but is from somewhat of a dysfunctional family. His mother coverts him and wants the best for him. This is their world, their cossetted world so when Cherry comes into their lives, there is a distinct contrast between what she has planned for her son and what seems to be happening in reality.
Cherry lives in Croydon and takes the tube from Tooting Broadway –
“She thought about her plans, a ride home on a sweaty Tube that delivers other workers to various parts of south London that diminishes in salubrity as the seats emptied. She always felt behind , the poor relations, by the time they reached Tooting Broadway, but at least, she tough with a shudder, she wasn’t quite at the end of the line”
Then by the time they all go to France:
“Beyond the large, gleaming pool was the blue of the Mediterranean, a heart-soaring expanse that fused into the hazy sky. Lured by what she could see, Cherry walked towards the garden wall, dotted with red geraniums, and leaned over to get a better look. Far below her lay the tops of the russet roofs of St Tropez that she’s just been admiring in the painting. And the yachts!”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Girlfriend
Author/Guide: Michelle Frances Destination: London, St Tropez, Cannes Departure Time: 2000s
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