Those Darling Buds
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Ongoing13m
Last published Mon, Jul 16, 2012
It's 1977, and 19 year-old Jackson Turner is still searching for the girl he met 3 years ago, who disappeared after her sister, artist Cecilia Rivers, died. After recognising her face, the summer that took place all those years ago gradually moulds itself between the gaps in Jackson's memory, until his fixation surrounds the recollection of the short time they spent together.
In an endearing tale of a childish romance which ended all too abruptly, two young minds attempt to realise each other's vulnerability with ingenuous empathy and delicate understanding.
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