{"product_id":"the-song-collector-9781444736410","title":"The Song Collector","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the author of \u003ci\u003eMr Rosenblum''s List\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, this is a captivating tale of passion and music, ancient songs and nostalgia, of the ties that bind and the ones we are prepared to seve\u003c\/b\u003er.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A delightful, moving, utterly believable family saga'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFox, as the celebrated composer Harry Fox-Talbot is known, wants to be left in peace. His beloved wife has died, he''s unable to write a note of music, and no, he does not want to take up some blasted hobby. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen one day he discovers that his troublesome four-year-old grandson is a piano prodigy. The music returns and Fox is compelled to re-engage with life - and, ultimately, to confront an old family rift.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecades earlier, Fox and his brothers return to Hartgrove Hall after the war, determined to save their once grand home from ruin. But on the last night of 1946, the arrival of beautiful wartime singer Edie Rose tangles the threads of love and duty, which leads to a shattering \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA delightful, moving, utterly believable family saga\u003c\/p\u003e -- Kate Saunders * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA tender, lyrical novel of family and fame * Katherine McMahon, Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving and engaging, it's a captivating story that stays with you.\u003c\/p\u003e * Book of the Month, Choice *\u003cbr\u003eNatasha Solomons brings her characters to life with sympathy and understanding for their flaws and shortcomings . . . a profound story of love, loss and reconciliation -- Lyndsy Spence * Lady *\u003cbr\u003eSolomons could make a bin sound beautiful; her writing is divine, and I was pleased to see a return to the style of her earlier work, The Novel in the Viola. There is an innocence about her novels which is simply lovely and a welcome foil to the outside world. Her turns of phrases are startlingly unique, comparing magnolia flowers to \"fat, tarty girls in ball gowns\" and memories to \"dandelion clocks in the wind\". -- Amy Pirt * We Love This Book *","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739238609239,"sku":"9781444736410","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-song-collector-9781444736410","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}