Audio Book Description:
It seems a long time since life was good for Liz Dewhurst.Her happy marriage to Gregor ended six months ago when she discovered he had been havingan affair with another local woman for ywo years. But if thatwasn`t enough, Liz and Gregor`s family businesses were also intertwined. Growing up onneighboring farms on the East coast of Fife, an area blessed with rich soil andbeautiful, unspoiled landscapes, the marriage made if perfect sense to merge.The separation, however, has come at theworst possible time. With business bad,the two farms are struggling to survive on their own. Then an opportunity arises. An American-financed consortium is looking to build a golfcourse, and with Liz`s and Gregor`s land, think they havefound the ideal site for the best new links course in Britain. Liz is torn: the money is tempting, and she knows that byturning the scheme down she willface the wrath of the local community. On the other hand, the farm has passed through five generations of her family; is she really ready to give up thathistory, a move that will also help Gregor and his mistress? At the same time Liz`s son Alex, a studentnearby St. Andrews University,suggests renting a room out to raise some money. And the person he suggests,his German tutor Arthur Kempler, is the man to change everything. Funny,charming, he hits it off immmediately with both Liz and Alex`s grandfather. Indeed, if he were twenty-five years younger, Liz would find him extremelyattractive. Then Arthur goes on holidayto Spain and asks Liz to join him. Once over there, she meets the last person either expected to see: Arthur`sson...
