Adventures of a Sunflower

         "The first time Chris saw Elly, she appeared as a single sunflower

                               standing tall on a lawn of short grass."

   By professional standards, Christopher Matthew Smith is a gifted, dynamic Madison Avenue adman, a feared but highly respected opponent in the game of advertising.  In love, however, he has not fared as well.  Twice divorced, Chris has soured on the idea of long-term relationships.  Until he meets Elly Flowers, an attractive, unhappily married mother of two.  

   After six months of friendly encounters, the budding love story of Chris and Elly is interrupted by a lengthy geographical separation.  Elly grudgingly moves to Southern California with her family while Chris remains in New York.

   Fourteen years later, the two meet again in San Diego where they enjoy a five-day journey through the romantic sites in and around the city.  But their surprising, albeit passionate, reunion is short-lived.  The bond between them is tested, emotionally and physically, as each experiences a separate accident with potentially disastrous results, Chris on a fishing excursion, Elly, in her auto near the Pacific bluffs of La Jolla.

   Attempting to endure such crises challenges the integrity of the relationship between Chris and Elly.  Adventures of a Sunflower is a moving account of two extraordinary people determined to spend their lifetime together.