Tanzanite the official birth stone for December!
You simply get more than a novel from the writer Freya North... she enlightens you on so many other interesting subjects too.... I have just finished reading Pillow Talk ....
....here is a synposis
A story of first love and second chances from the bestselling author of Love Rules The sleepwalker. By day, Petra Flint is a talented jeweller working in a lively London studio. By night, she sleepwalks. She has 40 carats of the world's rarest gemstone under her mattress but it's the skeletons in her closet that make it difficult for her to rest. The insomniac. At one time a promising song-writer, Arlo Savidge now teaches music at a boys' boarding school in North Yorkshire. He assumes he's happy with his isolated lifestyle. But, like Petra, ghosts from his past disturb his sleep. Putting the past to bed. Petra and Arlo loved each other from afar during their schooldays. Now, seventeen years later, in a tiny sweetshop one rainy day, they stand before each other once more. Could this be their second chance?
In this storyline is almost as if the stone of Tanzanite becomes a character within itself.... I had not been aware of this stone until now and this has opened up a fascination with this very beautiful gem...
I have been led through this book to the references to this site...which makes me aware of the tanzanite foundation ... also found on facebook too!
http://tanzanitefoundation.org/
A non-profit industry supported organisation, The Tanzanite Foundation strives to develop the Tanzanite industry. Our work involves increasing consumer awareness and providing assistance to a range of stakeholders in the Tanzanite value chain.
Since a Maasai Tribesman first stumbled upon this shimmering blue crystal in the foothills of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro in 1967, Tanzanite has become one of the world's most cherished and sought-after gemstones.
It is no wonder.
With its symphony of exquisite royal blue, lilac or periwinkle hues and a supply only expected to last just a single generation; Tanzanite has captured the imagination of the world's most beautiful people and earned its rightful place next to diamonds as a must-have gemstone.
http://freyanorth.com/
and the book as a dedication to this good cause too...
http://www.rhysdanielstrust.org/about-us.html
