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Sea Music by: Sara MacDonald List Price: £6.99 City Travel Guides Price: £5.49 You Save: £1.50 (21%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780007150731 ISBN: 0007150733 Label: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Number Of Pages: 560 Publication Date: April 22, 2003 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Studio: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Sales Rank: 114863 Related Items: Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review: Book Description: Three generations of family secrets and wartime heritage in an incredibly tender novel set in Cornwall, London adn Warsaw. Synopsis: A beautifully written novel with great emotional appeal, of family secrets and wartime heritage, set in Cornwall, London and Warsaw. The house and the cottage overlooking the sea, on the corner of the big estate, was home to three generations of the Tremain family. Fred Tremain, the country doctor who - with his wife, Martha, for whose sake he had become estranged from his family - came first to this beloved corner of England: Anna, the difficult, determined older child, now a highly successful solicitor; and Barnaby, the easy-going second child, now a vicar to the parish: and the beloved granddaughter, Lucy. It is she whose discoveries of family papers, hidden in the old cottage, brings to light the first of the wartime secrets and begins the process of questioning so many old fears and hatreds, and unlocking the way to new relationships and new loves. Sara Macdonald has created a wonderful range of characters, depicted with great tenderness and understanding, against a background of the human price paid for the upheavals caused by prejudice, violence and wars today and yesterday. A wonderful novel for all the fans of Anita Shreve, Niall Williams and Rosamund Pilcher. About the Author: Sara Macdonald has written all her life but only published now. She has been an army wife, living all over the world, and now lives in Cornwall. She is at work on her second novel. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Deep and thought provoking.Not your avarage soapy story, but deep, thought provoking story line. I did not find it sad, but rather a reminder of what the human spirit is capable of, good and bad. A good read and as compelling as "Another life". Rating: - tim clarkei loved this book it was so well crated and the characters were totally believable. i looke forward to her next book. I have just re read this book and find it as believable as before . this book has wonderful memories for me - all good Rating:  - Predicatable and Rather DepressingHaving read "Another Life" by Sara Macdonald and thoroughly enjoyed it I was eager to read another of her novels and started "Sea Music" with a positive outlook. I was, however, very disappointed. I read up to about half way through and found the characters either overly harsh and unfeeling or just too soppy and saintly for words. The subject matter is understandably serious and depressing but there is little in the way of lightness to create any kind of balance, especially when talking about the present day rather than the holocaust. Also the constant swapping of times/character perspectives/locations which was a page turner in "Another Life" felt irritating and didn't quite work in this yarn. I did flick through the rest of the chapters to ... Read More: Rating: - enlightmentSea Music was a wonderfully written novel with well rounded characters, especially Lucy and Barnaby. Having read a few of Sarah MacDonald's books I can see a Barnaby type character thread running through them but as he is such a warm and gentle person this is no bad thing. However, Sea Music made me weep with shame that such acts of brutality were carried out so indiscriminately, even though I am fully aware of the death camps of WWII. This book made me feel humble - would the human spirit be able to survive such degradation and humiliation today when we are so spoilt and selfish and uncaring of our fellow human beings? Have attitudes changed that much? It raises questions and makes me wonder if we could overcome such difficulties and ... Read More: Rating: - EnjoyedI thoroughly enjoyed this book right to the last page - written with real feeling and descriptions that made you feel you knew the persons concerned. Also allowing the reader real insight into the Jews plight in Poland during the last World war. Highlighting how barriers can build up around situations in a family that are then very difficult to break down. Held my attention to the last page and apart from enjoying the storyline I felt I had learned a few historical facts too. |
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