

She looked infinitely more relaxed than the last time I’d seen her, as if in her element.

Her long hair was now pulled into a side braid that rested on her shoulder. She’d glance up briefly and then go back to her page, biting her bottom lip in concentration. Courtney Carrington, still wearing the plaid skirt and the boots, sat there writing something in a notepad. ‘But it was the blonde sitting in the rocking chair in front of the store that snagged my focus.

Their relationship goes through its struggles, and through it all, Margaret has to realise that she must make sacrifices for love. The story is told mostly in flashbacks, and revolves around the romance Margaret has with Courtney. She has mostly lives through High School unseen, but when city girl Courtney Carrington moves to her town, everything changes. In Strawberry Summer, Margaret Beringer lives on her family’s strawberry farm, helping out with the customers and trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
