Once Upon a Summer - Softcover

It is 1959. And die class of 4A at Rose Horn's convent school in Dublin have discovered boys.And dating. And kissing.Rose dreams of love. And of exchanging her thick lisle stockings and bulky school uniform for the daring black chiffon numbers of the gorgeous Rita Hayworth. When her mother discovers Rose s secret trysts with Frank Fennel Iy. she banishes her to spend summer in the depths of Kerry far from temptation, she believes.Rut beneath the peaceful exterior of Fen it village, with its close community and simple pleasures, lurks a wild place of social undercurrents. Here Rose meets heart- throb Mi key Daw, and she is drawn into the adult world of broken promises, hidden secrets and bitter tragedy....