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It all starts with the death of Martijn van Vliet's wife. His grief-stricken young daughter, Lea, cuts herself off from the world, right up until the day that she hears a snatch of Bach being played on a violin by a busker. Transfixed by the sweet melody, she emerges from her mourning, vowing to learn the instrument. Lea's all-consuming passion is matched by talent, and she becomes one of the finest players in the country - but as her fame blossoms, her relationship with her father only withers. Desperate to hold on to Lea, Martijn is driven to commit an act that threatens to destroy both him and his daughter.

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A perfect novel that you'll devour in a single night. -- Brigitte
Pascal Mercier now takes his rightful place among our finest European novelists * Sunday Telegraph *
Lea has it all... Sanity and madness, love and betrayal, self-preservation and self-destruction * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung *
Perfectly constructed, exciting, entertaining, enigmatic, memorable. * Buchkultur *

Lea

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    A Paperback / softback by Pascal Mercier, Shaun Whiteside

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      Publisher Atlantic Books
      Published 7 June 2018
      ISBN-13 9781848873421
      978-1848873421
      ISBN-10 1848873425

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      It all starts with the death of Martijn van Vliet's wife. His grief-stricken young daughter, Lea, cuts herself off from the world, right up until the day that she hears a snatch of Bach being played on a violin by a busker. Transfixed by the sweet melody, she emerges from her mourning, vowing to learn the instrument. Lea's all-consuming passion is matched by talent, and she becomes one of the finest players in the country - but as her fame blossoms, her relationship with her father only withers. Desperate to hold on to Lea, Martijn is driven to commit an act that threatens to destroy both him and his daughter.

      Trade Review
      A perfect novel that you'll devour in a single night. -- Brigitte
      Pascal Mercier now takes his rightful place among our finest European novelists * Sunday Telegraph *
      Lea has it all... Sanity and madness, love and betrayal, self-preservation and self-destruction * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung *
      Perfectly constructed, exciting, entertaining, enigmatic, memorable. * Buchkultur *

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