Summer Harvest

Great read follow Anna who marries Simon. Has a hard life, works hard, and single handedly becomes a millionaire. When family drama threatens to ruin her.

THIS BOOK WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITIAN IN 1983 BY MACDONALD AND CO. OF LONDON AND SYDNEY. AND THIS IS MY STORY OF SUMMER HARVEST.... BACK IN 1988 I CAME ACROSS MY FIRST COPY OF SUMMER HARVEST. ALTHOUGH IS IT A NOVEL AND I WAS A MID TEEN, IT DIDNT TAKE ME VERY LONG TO READ IT; ALL 605 PAGES OF MY COPY OF IT. THIS BOOK IS SO WONDERFUL THAT BACK IN LATE 2004 I HAD REALIZED THAT MY BOOK WAS SO TATTERED AND THE COVER SO WORN AND TORN AND HAD BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH, I REALLY NEEDED A NEW COPY. I NOW OWN THAT OLD RAGGEDY PAPERBACK BOOK(I JUST CANT SEEM TO PART WITH) AS WELL AS A NEWER HARDBACK VERSION TOPPING OUT AT 467 PAGES. IF YOU LIKE STORIES THAT HAVE A BACKDROP OF THE EARLIER DAYS THIS WOULD BE A GOOD READ FOR YOU. THIS STORY STARTS OFF WITH SIMON SMIT AND HIS FARM CALLED "MODDERFONTEIN" SET ON THE LANDS OF CAPE OF GOOD HOPE IN 1938. IT TELLS THE STORY OF SIMON AND HOW HE LIVES AND MEETS ANNA VAN ATCHENBURGH. ANNA AND HER FAMILY LIVE IN "FONTAINEBLEU" AND ARE CONSIDERED A WEALTHY FAMILY WHILE SIMON IS MORE OR LESS POVERTY STRICKEN. IN A NUTSHELL, ANNA AND SIMON FALL IN LOVE AND HAVE A ROMANCE. ALL IS BEAUTIFUL AND GREAT UNTIL ANNA'S FATHER THREATENS TO STRIP HER OF HER DOWERY IF SHE MARRIES SIMON. SHE GETS PREGNANT AND MARRIES REGUARDLESS AND MOVES TO MODDERFONTEIN PENNILESS. THEY SOON DISCOVER ALL IS NOT SO WELL AND SIMON HAD EXPECTED TO SEE A PORTION OF DADDYS MONEY WITH ANNA. THE STORY GOES THROUGH TWISTS AND TURNS IN BOTH OF THEIR LIVES THAT INCLUDE INFIDELITY,DECEIT,SCENES THAT COVER HALF OF EUROPE, PROFITABLE BUSINESSES THAT COME AND GO, AND A PAST THAT CHANGES THE WHOLE OUTCOME OF THE BOOK EVEN. AND THIS NOVEL TAKES PLACE THROUGH TWO WHOLE GENERATIONS COVERING A GOOD 30 YEARS OF THESE PEOPLES LIVES. WITH THIS NOVEL YOU WILL LAUGH AND CRY. YOU WILL GASP AS WELL AS FINDING YOURSELF TRYING TO READ FASTER JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. I CANNOT SAY HOW LUCKY I AM TO BE ABLE TO BE THE FIRST REVIEWER OF THIS NOVEL. IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO HELP PRESENT IT TO THE WORLD. I FEEL IT SHOULD COME HIGHLY RECCOMMENDED. I KNOW I OWN TWO COPIES OF IT. AND IF IT CAME ON AUDIOBOOK OR EVEN IN THEATRICAL FORM, I WOULD OWN THEM AS WELL WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT. I KNOW THIS STORY WILL BE ONE I PASS TO MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WILL BE OLD ENOUGH AND I CAN ONLY HOPE SHE FINDS IT AS WONDERFUL AS I DO. I HAVE RECENTLY LOANED OUT MY PAPERBACK VERSION TO A FRIEND OF MINE THAT DIDNT TAKE HER BUT LESS THEN A WEEK TO READ IT. AND IM SURE IT MADE AN IMPRESSION ON HER. I GUESS WORDS SIMPLY CANT EXPRESS HOW WONDERFUL THIS BOOK IS. IT CAN EASILY BE CLASSIFIED A CLASSIC NOVEL. TWO VERY LARGE THUMBS UP FOR MADGE SWINDELLS. I LOVE THIS BOOK!