The year was 1994. Rock n' roll pulsed through their veins, daring them to break all the rules.Drew Robinson had no great expectations in life. Abandoned by his parents when he was sixteen, his focus had always been on one important thing: survival. Six years later, he was quite content with how things had turned out for him. He had managed to dig himself out from the brambles of his past and had everything he could possibly need to carry on with his life-his voice and his Fender Stratocaster guitar. He never wanted for more...until a trip overseas turned his world and his heart upside down.Born into wealth and affluence, Sophie Benetton had seen the world and planned to be a writer one day. She spent most of her summers in Florence, where she accompanied her father-a historian and avid collector-in his quest for art. Her world was orderly and predictable. She studied literature, listened to classical music, and played by the rules...most of the time. Away from her father's discerning eyes, Sophie derailed herself in love songs and into the arms of a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. A musical in prose, an homage to the music that marked an era, and a journey into the Tuscan sun, Separated by Fools transports readers-young and old-into a story of love, loss, redemption, and endless summer nights.