The Long Hot Summer A French Heat Wave and a Marriage Meltdown

In the summer of 2003 a deadly heatwave strikes France. To Mary Moody, in her rural village in the south-west, it seems that the weather is merely imitating the stifling heat of her own relationships. Her marriage, already under strain from the freedoms of her new life in France and with the revelation of an affair, now reaches breaking point. Mary's passion for her newfound independence and the love of her husband and family in Australia are causing conflict. Confrontation and heartache are inevitable, yet both sides of her life are still capable of producing enormous joy and excitement. Can new needs exist alongside old loves?