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Alice grows up in rural Australia with her mother teaching her piano. She is sent to school in England where she continues her musical education eventually studying at the Royal College of Music. She meets Edward after a concert and so begins the next stage.

This is Alice's story of her past and her present. I really enjoyed the way this was written with the two time lines weaving together. A little long in the middle but overall a great read.

I didn't really enjoy this. There wasn't enough substance to the central character to make me care about what happened to her (except in principle because it shouldn't happen to anyone), the husband wasn't fully convincing and the plot was contrived. Also, I don't think the structure worked very well - it felt quite disjointed. Disappointing.
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I'll send it back to you next week Lee.

Still reading/partying @ReadingDownUnder

Laying in bed trying to get this one finished by the end of the month for #LMPBC. This is a lovely friend‘s bookcase. We stayed over last night after a #Hotest100 party yesterday. I discovered I quite like a Tom Collins. Perhaps I will be able to do more reading today than I thought as the kids are happily playing in the pool already and they were in it all day yesterday and had to be made to get out to eat and put suncream on @ReadingDownUnder

Never before have I felt so suffocated reading a book. That makes it sound terrible, it‘s not. This tale of a terrible, abusive marriage is so immersive I, too felt trapped in this relationship, crushing the very soul of Alice as you read. Morrison writes with such understanding and compassion. I don‘t know why it too me so long to get to this one.

It‘s taken me a very long time to actually listen to this audio. I‘ve borrowed it multiple time before now and let it expire before I got to it. I‘m kicking myself now, it‘s great!!

#musicaltitles part 2: fiction. Some favourites here!
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I love authors who are influenced by music (eg Milan Kundera, Madeleine Thien, Rose Tremain). 🎤 👯

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Had to take to Google again, turns out this is a big gap in my reading.
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A beautiful debut, absorbing - I finished this in two days. Intelligently written, a woman who we follow from rural Australian youth to Oxford, then to old age and her will to go on. Her bad marriage is hard to read but so sympathetically written and much is left unsaid. Subtle, and infused with music. Zoe Morrison is a pianist and her knowledge & love of music adds depth to the story. Brava! ��

A wonderful read. 🎼

There is nothing better than the anticipation of reading the first line of a book. It's still a mystery and the possibilities are endless.

Powerful, articulate and spectacularly bittersweet.

Breakfast is the perfect time to start a new book!