The Second Bench
Opposites Attract in
This Timeless Love Story
Younger Man Falls for a
Indian Woman in ‘The Second Bench’
The Second Bench is a sensitive and moving romance that exposes the social undertones of 50 years ago. It is also a true story.
Two unlikely and unhappy souls reach out to one another in North Devon, England in 1963. A lonely young man on holiday finds the love and happiness he has always been denied when he meets a beautiful older woman, originally from Delhi, India. Worn down by the cruel and brutal treatment she has suffered in England, these two are drawn together by an overwhelming passion they cannot deny. But the love they feel is considered wrong in the eyes of the rest of the world.
Encountering racial hatred and disgust at their association because of the age and cultural differences, they find a love nest where they cling desperately to each other for as long as they can. Can these two people from very different cultures be able to live out their dreams of happiness?
The Hand of Fate
At the moment of death, our spirit, soul, life force – call it what you will – leaves the body in which it has dwelt for such a few short years in the scheme of earth’s timeline.
Decades, centuries or millennia may pass, but a part of what we once were may come again … and it remembers.
These are the concluding chapters of Clive’s story, set in the 1960s in Bristol. It is a true story of love and a young man’s trials, struggles, and achievements.
The Hand of Fate is above all a story of unforgettable love that surmounts time itself; a love that will come again. This biography is a continuation of the author’s first book, The Second Bench, about a young man who falls in love with an older woman who comes from another culture.
About the Author
First-time author Charles Rose is retired and a lifelong resident of Bristol, England.