Footprints in the Sand.
'Footprints in the Sand' by Sarah Challis. Do you want to explore the depths of Western Africa without leaving your armchair? If the answer is 'yes', this novel is your mode of transport. Two cousins, Emily and Clemmie are very different in their outlook on life. Emily, a primary school teacher has just parted from her boyfriend and is 'licking' her wounds. Clemmie is fancy free, a drifter not one to worry over life's obstacles, very unlike her cousin. Both girls meet at Great Aunt Maud's funeral and are shaken to the core when the contents of the will are disclosed. ' I appoint my two great neices , Emily and Clementine Kingsley, to be executors of this part of my will. I request that my ashes be transported to Mali, formerely French Sudan, in Western Africa. My final resting place is to be Timadjlalen in the Sahara Desert.' After this initial shock Clemmie grasps the opportunity of a lifetime whilst Emily needs much persuasion before she comm