Alexa-Alessandra

About the Book

ALEXA – ALESSANDRA Story of Love A Novel by Anita Sumariwalla Alexa is a Swiss student who won a scholarship to study music in Rome, Italy. She meets Munir, an Arab artist. Their love blossoms as they experience the joys of first love. Through deception and manipulation by others they are forcefully separated. They experience the profound sorrow of broken hearts. Alexa’s uncle recognizes her deep despair and invites her to go to England over New Year to meet his friends from Oxford. There, Alexa meets Gordon Charles, the only son of an Earl, a diplomat. The two fall in love and get married. Charles wishes that his wife be called by her real name Alessandra. He gets posted to Washington, DC where they live in an old Tudor house. During one of the diplomatic functions Alessandra meets someone from her past who will affect the rest of her life. She becomes Alexa-Alessandra.

About the Author

Anita Sumariwalla was born in a hamlet nestled in the hills of the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Her life experiences caused her to meet and observe many people, who could easily be characters in some of her stories. They bear proof that humans everywhere share basic emotions and frailties. The author immigrated to the United States in 1961 where she took University courses, worked for the Peace Corps, taught at several schools in Massachusetts and the San Francisco Bay Area, and for several years, took up oil painting and held exhibitions of her work. Over the years she has made more than thirty-five trips to Switzerland to walk in her beloved Swiss mountains. These stories bear witness to her affection for Switzerland. Anita now lives in Medford, Oregon and loves writing to give expression to her thoughts and heart.