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Product Details
Atria Books, May 2005
eBook, 416 pages
ISBN-10: 1416506845
ISBN-13: 9781416506843
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Chapter 1
Description
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.
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Chapter 1"A multi-layered, moving story...told with compassion, great good humour....Sea Music might be said to quiet one's soul."
-- St. Ives Times & Echo
-- St. Ives Times & Echo
"Vividly drawn characters and much to say about the effect war, prejudice, and violence can have on those things we hold most precious. Thoughtful and compelling storytelling."
-- Choice magazine
-- Choice magazine
"Family rivalries and old wartime secrets are uncovered in this tender story about three generations of a family touched by prejudice, violence, and war."
-- Women's Own
-- Women's Own
"A beautifully written tale...about the human price paid for prejudice and violence."
-- Belfast Telegraph
-- 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
-- Inside Cornwall
"A beautifully written novel....An unsettling, yet optimistic read."
-- Jewish Chronicle
-- 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
-- Liverpool Daily Post
