The Long Hot Summer

In ** *Au Revoir* ** she ran away. In ** *Last Tango* ** her world turned upside down. Now, her relationships are about to reach boiling point.

In the European summer of 2003 a deadly heat wave strikes France. To Mary Moody, living in her rural village in the south-west of France, it seems that the weather is merely imitating the stifling heat of her marriage, which is on the verge of collapse following the events recounted in ** *Last Tango in Toulouse* **.

But despite relentlessly hot days and an uncertain future, Mary's new-found passion for life cannot be suppressed. It is not long before she is once again torn between her two desires: for the independence of her life in France; and for the love and continuity of her marriage and family life in Australia. While Mary immerses herself in the pleasures of her second home – the food and wine, the markets, her colourful circle of friends – a shattering turn of events comes when she least expects it.

** *Au Revoir* ** and ** *Last Tango in Toulouse* ** have become national bestsellers and made Mary Moody one of the best-loved and most successful non-fiction writers in Australia. With all the warmth and candour we've come to expect, ** *The Long Hot Summer* ** explores the minefield of relationships and changing desires, set against the beautiful backdrop of rural France.