How do you pick yourself up when you are seventeen years old, recently orphaned and about to embark on the rest of your life alone?
Beneath the Blossom Tree is the harrowing tale of Laylla Jonson as she struggles to overcome the death of both her parents from cancer. Alone in the world, having lost touch with her friends and abandoned by her self-indulged relatives, Laylla feels she has little to live for but the memories of her parents will not let her give in.
With nowhere else to turn, Laylla enrolls in university, intending to pursue a life of solitude and self-exclusion. But this is something her new friends simply will not let her do! Forced into socialising, Laylla realises every life has a story and she is not as alone as she once thought. As she begins to recover pieces of her old self, Laylla meets the charming and very desirable Jacob Bennett. But falling for a man is the last thing she needs.
Beneath The Blossom Tree is a story of friendship, love, grief and longing, based on true life events.
BENEATH THE BLOSSOM TREE is complete at 100,000 words and is available for publication. Agents and publishers can contact me on laurabailey8787@tiscali.co.uk.