Very readable but slightly annoying!
My Side of the OceanThe story follows a struggling artist in New York, living and painting in shared studio apartments who marries a wealthy investor. They purchase a cottage in Bakoven where she paints the sea and lectures at UCT. Cape Town is caught in a drought situation and rising crime, her husband decides to sell the cottage and returns to the USA to prepare for their life back in the country. She has a close encounter with a great white which leads to a very close encounter with a much younger surfer. (What is it with these older woman getting involved with younger guys!) She decides to stay in SA, confesses her infidelity and her husband returns to the US. I found her post traumatic stress from her encounter with the shark a bit too dramatic and was also irritated with her obsession with her heart condition (which had been repaired) Probably just me as most people thoroughly enjoyed this book