Book: A love for life

Screenwriter: Penny Hancock

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The story takes place in Cambridge, England.

Fanella, an editor at a publishing house, is having a good time with her boyfriend, Steven. One day she visits her friend Teresa’s house and she seems upset. Teresa learns by taking the interview from her that Steven has left her. He wants to have a child but Fanella does not agree with him because she is now only twenty-one years old. He doesn’t want to hurt her and leave her understanding that she can’t have any children.

Summer vacation is over: Rod, an elementary school teacher, is getting ready to go to school. He heads to school saying goodbye to his beautiful wife, Leah. At school, he had a long discussion with Teresa, Timoteo’s mother. He later tells with regret about the fact that Leah doesn’t want to have children yet.

Despite being single, Fanella discovers that it is possible for her to adopt a child. At one point, Teresa encourages her to talk to Rod about children’s books. Although this is a suspicious type of proposition, Fanella can’t help but agree to talk to Rod about it. When she has an argument with Rod, she develops a crush on Rod. She finds out that he has already written many children’s storybooks. She asks him to send her the stories so he can have a read of everyone.

Thanks to Teresa, Fanella learns that Rod is already married to a beautiful girl, Leah. Being disappointed, she wants to forget all her feelings for him and tries to concentrate on preparing for a visit from a social worker. The social worker will examine her whether she is capable of adopting a child or not. Not having a partner, Fenella finds the visit an ordeal. She now has to wait until the result is published.

This is close to Christmas day. Fanella along with Teresa visit Timothy’s school. They meet Rod there. Fanella may have the same feelings that she felt earlier during her first meeting. But seeing Rod’s wife, she Fanella understands that she won’t get him as his life mate. Fortunately, she is approved for a child adoption process. This news makes her charming and happy. Finally, Ella Fanella gets to be with Ellie, a five-year-old girl who has some kind of behavior problem.

Spring season underway. Fanella meets a new man, Mark. He is a colleague of Teresa’s husband. Teresa invites Fanella to a dinner and there she meets Mark. In an argument, she invites her to a restaurant. She agrees and they have a good time there. Fanella, given the option of meeting him again, offers to have dinner at her home. Happily, Mark accepts the offer. Ellie joins the school where Timothy does too. She finds Rod good as her class teacher. Rod is known by Fanella that Ellie has some behavioral problem, but he doesn’t care.

Dan’s mother makes a child abuse claim against Rod. Her director has to suspend him until she gets a final solution from the court. At home, Leah comes to find out about the affair. She doesn’t like to comfort Rod upon hearing this, she isn’t even happy to see him.

When Mark arrives at Fanella’s house, she is afraid that it will be difficult for her to have dinner with him. Because she needs to take care of Eille and spend time with Mark. Surprisingly, he wants to meet her again.

Another day Teresa has a little argument with Fanella about Rod’s suspension. Teresa presents Rod as innocent. Fanella can feel that she is still in love with Rod. She feels bad about Rod’s suspension. Eillie doesn’t like her new temporary class teacher. There, Rod rewrites some of his stories and argues with Fanella about them. She plans to post everything after reviewing them. However, she wants to focus on Mark avoiding Rod’s life.

After arriving home, Rod is shocked to see his wife Leah with a neighbor Mr. Simpson on his arm and kissing him on the lips. Leah is in an illicit relationship with the man. She begins to love him while they had a contract together. So Rod and Leah decide not to be together anymore. Leah submits that this decision would be good for both of them.

Fanella receives a call while she is in the office. It’s Mark’s phone call. She wants to cook for her and Ellie. At night, they eat the food that Mark prepares for them. But Ellie doesn’t like Mark. As she yells to see Mark here, he walks out and wants to come over later.

Rod and Fanella meet again in his office. This time they talk about the changes in the stories. Then Rod asks Fanella to go out with him for a while. There he shares her old feelings with her and kisses her. Teresa wants Fanella not to get involved in a relationship with Rod. But she wants to leave Mark thinking about his adopted daughter, Ellie. Mark is not the right person even for her son. She later clears things up with him outside of his house that this is all over.

Meanwhile, Leah wants to get back together with Rod feeling sorry. Rod asks for time to think about this matter because the love for Fanella grows in his heart. He walks up the street from Fanella’s house and notices her making out with someone outside the door. He comes back from there with a misunderstanding.

The complaint against Rod is dropped and he is proven innocent. He starts coming to school again. Meanwhile, Fanella is very happy to be notified that she has been selected to stay with Ellie permanently. Then Ellie asks for a party and invites Rod as a surprise for Fanella. At the party, he proposes to her and she accepts with great joy.

The story ends with a beautiful family scene. Rod, Ellie and Fanella, three of them are so happy that she is pregnant now.

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