STRAWBERRY MOON SYNOPSIS:
The Patterson family leaves the U.K. for a new life in France, St. Severin, in the Dordogne provides the backdrop for the family’s new home and all the life-changing obstacles they are about to encounter. Maisie, who is almost seventeen, narrates this unpredictable story. Maisie struggles as she experiences the changes of coming of age the pain of loss and the roller coaster ride of competing love interests.
Maisie’s older brother Dan, rebels over the move frequently threatening to return to England when his studies are over. Dan starts an affair with a married, French woman. After a few months in France he goes missing which begins to unravel the family. What starts as an exciting move becomes more difficult with each passing chapter. Maisie is left navigating this complicated new world, all while trying to plan the rest of her life.