Kirjahaku

For fans of Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins and Taylor Jenkins Reid's Daisy Jones & The Six, Follow The Sun paints a portrait of the 1960s International Jet Set Era through the eyes of an aspiring singer-songwriter, desperate to forge her own path in music and in love. Readers will delight in this sun-drenched trip through a world of fashion, film, and sixties pop culture, written with an emotional, heartbreaking voice reminiscent of Chanel Cleeton. For socialite Caroline Kimball, travel has become an escape--a way to run from her adult responsibilities while hiding her musical ambitions from her disapproving mother. When she meets handsome magazine photographer Jack "Tex" Fairchild beside a hotel pool in Acapulco, everything changes. His encouragement shows her she could have a life beyond that of a beautiful, bored heiress, and he convinces her that maybe her childish daydreams aren't so impossible after all. Realizing she no longer fits inside her golden cage, Caroline leaves it all behind and runs away with Tex to a small Spanish island, where she finally confronts the tragic death of her father. But when her mother's hidden secrets catch up to her, and a ghost from her past makes a surprising reappearance, Caroline will find herself torn between her whirlwind relationship with Tex, pursuing her music career, or saving her family from financial destitution. Across the stunning beaches of Acapulco and down the powdered ski slopes of Gstaad, Follow the Sun will take readers from the turquoise waters of Formentera to the Sunset Strip, telling a captivating story about following your dreams to discover the person you were always meant to become.

"Locke's novel is a travelog of epic proportions, an enticing love story and an emotionally resonant tale of the empowerment of following one's dreams that is as sleek and chic as an episode of Mad Men." --Entertainment Weekly Dive into this dazzling portrait of the 1960s International Jet Set Era through the eyes of a young heiress, desperate to forge her own path in music and love during a time of historic societal change. Written with a lush, emotional voice, this sun-drenched romance takes readers on a voyage through a world of fashion, film and sixties pop culture. It's 1966, and for socialite Caroline Kimball, travel has become an escape--a way to run from her adult responsibilities while hiding her musical ambitions from her disapproving mother. But when she meets handsome magazine photographer Jack "Tex" Fairchild beside a hotel pool in Acapulco, everything changes. His encouragement shows her she could have a life beyond that of a bored heiress, making her believe her daydreams aren't so impossible to achieve after all. Realizing she no longer fits inside her golden cage, Caroline leaves it all behind and runs away with Tex. Their idyllic life on a small Spanish island is short-lived, however, as the shadow of the Vietnam War threatens to change the future they've dreamed of together. And when long-hidden secrets catch up to Caroline, forcing her to confront her father's tragic death and an unexpected ghost from her past, she'll find herself torn between her whirlwind relationship with Tex, pursuing her music career, or saving her family from financial ruin. Across the stunning beaches of Acapulco and down the powdered ski slopes of Gstaad, from the turquoise waters of Formentera to the glamour of the Sunset Strip, Follow the Sun traverses the highs of young love and the reality of growing up in the sixties, weaving a captivating story about following your dreams to discover the person you were always meant to become.