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Sea Music
Sea Music
A Novel  
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Three generations of the Tremain family have occupied the idyllic cliffside cottage on the Cornish coast. There's Fred, the country doctor who built this house for his wife, Martha; their daughter Anna, an esteemed lawyer, and son Barnaby, a vicar to the local parish; and beloved granddaughter Lucy, who, on the cusp of adulthood, is faced with the prospect of leaving home -- and her family history -- forever.

But the past is never far behind, and before long Lucy discovers that the Tremain estate also harbors tragic lies and dangerous truths. When she finds a cache of long-hidden documents, the family will be forced to confront upheavals caused by wartime secrets and domestic disputes -- and unlock the door to new beginnings, and new loves. Set in Cornwall, London, and Warsaw, Sea Music is a sonorous, transcendent journey that no reader will soon forget.

"Compelling...told with a deft touch and a gentle heart."

-- The Decatur Daily

"A beautifully written novel."

-- Jewish Chronicle

"A tender story about three generations of a family touched by prejudice,violence, and war."

-- Women's Own
"A beautifully written tale...about the human price paid for prejudice and violence."

-- Belfast Telegraph

"A beautifully crafted novel of family ties and wartime secrets with delicate layers of emotion, each shed to reveal more joy, laughter, and tears....MacDonald has created a fantastic range of characters and a wonderful novel."

-- Inside Cornwall

"A beautifully written novel....An unsettling, yet optimistic read."

-- Jewish Chronicle

"Each of MacDonald's characters are depicted with great tenderness and understanding, against a background of the human price paid for the upheavals caused by prejudice, violence, and wars of today and yesterday."

-- Liverpool Daily Post