Grace Thompson WAIT TILL SUMMER/SWINGBOATS PB 2001 **GC

GOOD CONDITION – AS SHOWN – HAS BEEN READ SO SPINE CREASED – FRONT COVER A LITTLE DOGEARED – BUT IN GOOD CLEAN CONDITION

GRACE THOMPSON – 2 NOVELS IN ONE BOOK – GREAT HOLIDAY READING – COVER PRICE £6.99 – PAPERBACK – PUBLISHED IN 2000/2001

WAIT TILL SUMMER – The year is 1939 & war has just been declared.  The 1^st of the London evacuees arrive in St. David’s Well, homesick & disappointed by the end-of-season stillness of the Welsh seaside town.  “Wait till Summer” Eirlys Price tells brothers Stanley, Harold & Percival Love.  Things will be different, she feels, when the children see the town in all its colourful, summertime glory.

Life in St. David’s Well promised to become more exciting.  Foreign travel is no longer feasible, so holidays at home enjoy a new lease of life.  For the Castle family, this is good financial news.  They have owned Piper’s Café on the beach for 3 generations & business is expected to boom.  But family disagreements threaten to cast a shadow as Granny Moll, whose parents began the business years ago, still wields the most clout, even though Bleddyn & Huw have been helping to run the business since they were children.

Anyone who marries into the Piper family is expected to help with the family business, & Eirlys happily sees that this will happen to her if she marries Johnny Castle, Bleddyn & Irene’s son.  But it appears, that this is not welcomed by all who become part of the Piper clan…