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Victor Pemberton
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Jayne
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Synopsis
It's September 1940. As the bombs rain down on the residents of Islington, eighteen-year-old Beth Shanks knows she must keep her chin up. With her dad away fighting, it's up to Beth to help support the family, even though she and her mother don't always see eye-to-eye. A trained pianist, Connie Shanks can't understand why her daughter won't learn to read music, and despairs of the popular songs Beth prefers to play by ear. When a heavy air raid forces Beth and her family into a public shelter, Beth lifts everyone's spirits by betting out old favourites on an abandoned piano. Connie finally sees the joy her daughter's music can bring, but she is unaware that it will one day save their lives...
Review
Set in Islington 1940, it tells the story of a family that spend every night down the shelter under the local piano factory, with all their neighbours. This story develops from where Beth works and their friends who they start to get to know because of the nightly air raids.
There are some wondeful twists and turns, but if it hadn't been for the love of her sweetheart and her brother who was a nessenger boy for the fire brigade they would have been all killed under the piano factory. But you have to read the story to find how they get from where it starts to where it ends through heartache, disappointments, sadness and the love bond that saves them all.
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