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- Title
- On the Crest of a Wave
- Author
- Desmedt, Dj
- Publisher
- DJ Desmedt
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798235262928
A quietly devastating novel about love, grief, and the human urge to endure.
When Nick arrives in a small town in Umbria, he comes alone and with his affairs carefully arranged, driven by a private intention he has shared with no one. The landscape is peaceful and beautiful - rolling hills, silver-green olive groves, long afternoons of sun and silence - yet beneath this calm lies a past he has not made peace with.
Through his housekeeper, he meets her son Alessandro: shy, thoughtful, and uncertain of his own worth. What begins as a polite acquaintance gradually deepens over long days restoring a neglected villa and its gardens. Stone by stone, path by path, the place begins to change, and so do they.
Almost without intending to, Nick becomes a mentor to the younger man, offering quiet reassurance and the steady wisdom of experience. In sharing something of the love and life that shaped him, he leaves Alessandro with more than memories - he offers him a way to endure, a way to build a life, and the courage to believe he deserves one.
But Nick has not told Alessandro why he really came to Umbria. As the months pass and his attachment to the young man deepens, the past presses closer, old griefs surface, and he finds himself confronting a question he has tried to outrun: is peace possible without first facing the ghosts we carry?
Tender, reflective and deeply humane, On the Crest of a Wave is a novel about legacy - the care we pass on, the courage we model without realising it, and the quiet ways love continues to shape the living long after someone is gone.
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About the Author
DJ Desmedt has worked as a chef and a customer experience trainer, and now works in healthcare, but writing has been a constant thread throughout his life. He has written several plays, and his poetry explores love, loss, and the quiet grace found in ordinary days. On The Crest of a Wave is his debut novel; he is currently writing its sequel, Echoes of the Villa. He lives in the North East of England.
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