Jacqui Smart

Heart Urchins Jacqui Smart

Heart urchins - covered in spines yet fragile and vulnerable. Living their life by the seashore and often only seen when all life is extinguished. Be careful where you tread. Beth, Maggie and Barbara have been friends for decades. Beth is married to Sam. They both have fulfilling professions - Sam is an architect and Beth is chief librarian at a busy city library. Joanna, their daughter, lives in London with her partner, Duncan. Maggie is married to Tom. Tom runs a successful architectural business and Maggie works in a high-fashion boutique. Their sons, Ben and Zac, have successful professional lives. Barbara is happily single. She is head curator at a bustling city museum and art gallery. Her long-term relationship with Jonathan has just finished. Life couldn't be better for these three friends. But fate isn't always kind, and when tragedy strikes, lives are torn apart. How does one survive heartbreak? What happens when long hidden secrets are revealed?Sometimes we have to dig deeply to find the courage to overcome challenges that are part of life - even when we think we are past the time to make changes. Friendships, old and new, and a touch of magic in Sandy Cove, help these friends to find excitement and passion even as they thought their future was settled.