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When Summer Comes Helen Naylor
Summary
The story opens in London, during a heatwave. The
central characters are Anna and Stephen, who have
been married for ten years. Anna is a nurse and
Stephen works for an advertising agency. Both are
anxious to leave the stresses of London behind them,
as they finish work for a three week holiday on the
Cornish coast, in south west England. Stephen leaves
work with the threat of redundancy hanging over him,
but finds it difficult to talk about his worries with Anna.
They arrive in the idyllic coastal village of Polreath,
where they have rented a cottage from a local
fisherman, Tristan Goddard. Their holiday starts well
but after just one day Stephen is called back to London
for a crisis meeting in the office. Anna is left alone in
Polreath and spends much of the time with Tristan.
They become increasingly attracted towards one
another, though Anna tries not to admit this to herself.

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Stephen returns with the news that he has been made

redundant. He is in fact relieved and longs to escape
London. Together with Anna he makes plans to buy
the cottage they are renting from Tristan and move to
Polreath permanently. Meanwhile, Anna realises the
strength of her own attraction to Tristan and while
they are out alone together on his boat they make
love. Anna immediately feels very guilty and resolves
never to tell Stephen. A few days later she returns to
London to make plans for leaving her job. While she is
alone in London she realises that Stephen is the most
important person in her life and decides that she must
tell him that they cannot live in Polreath. Stephen
phones her that evening and tells Anna that they must
talk Tristan has told him something.

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His education he was at university for four
years and lived in a city.

Chapter 1
1.

Anna
Age
30
Appearance short blonde
hair
Job
nurse

Stephen
32
dark curly hair,
some grey hairs
works in an
advertising
agency

Chapter 2
1. c, e, f
2. Stephen phoned Mark, a friend from work, to tell
him that someone might be made redundant.
Chapter 3
1. tall, slim, blue eyes, in his early thirties, curly
blonde hair
2. 1 b, 2 a, 3 c

Chapter 6
1. a
b
c
d

Tristan
Stephen
Tristan
Anna

Chapter 7
1. Students own answer.
2. Tristan finds it easy to talk about himself and his
feelings while Stephen doesnt.
Chapter 8
1. b, d, a, e, c
H
Chapter 9
1. a F, b T, c T, d T, e F

Chapter 4
1. a work
b Skellig Island
c Anna
d Jill
e Tristan
2. Jack thinks that Tristan wants to buy another
house in Polreath when he already owns two
houses.

Chapter 10
1. 1 d, 2 c, 3 a, 4 b
Chapter 11
1. time, attracted, liked, pub, phoned, boat trip,
talk/drink, shaking
Chapter 12

Chapter 5
1. a F, b T, c T, d F, e T
2. The cottage Tristans grandmother left the
cottage to him when she died four years ago. A
woman had lived in the cottage. She said she
never wanted to leave.
His parents his parents moved away when his
father retired from fishing.

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His sister his sister lives in Polreath and is

happy there.

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1. 1 c, 2 b, 3 d, 4 a
Chapter 13
1. a
b
c
d
e
f

Jill
Tristans
Anna
Tristan
Anna and Stephens
Jill and Tristan

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When Summer Comes Helen Naylor
Chapter 14
1. f, a, b, d, c, e
Chapter 15
1. Stephen was not disappointed about losing his
job. Anna felt very confused about what had
happened on the boat. She knew she must not
tell Stephen anything. At Philpots restaurant,
Stephen talked a lot about his future plans.

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That night there was a violent storm. Anna felt

uncomfortable beside Stephen and her dreams
were full of strange pictures. In the morning they
looked at the storm damage. Wave Dancer was
in the harbour. Anna felt unhappy because of
what had happened.
Chapter 16
1. 1 d, 2 a, 3 c, 4 b

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