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Indlæser... En sang fra fortiden : romanaf Katherine Webb
  
Top Five Books of 2013 (200) Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.  LDVoorberg | Dec 24, 2023 |   Natt90 | Nov 2, 2022 | This book had twists and turns that surprised me. I hardly expected the conclusion. The author foreshadows throughout the book, but the ending is still shocking. This book sucked me in, it was riveting. I don't generally find myself shocked by novels, but I was completely overwhelmed by this. An excellent novel. (  ) lahochstetler | Jun 22, 2014 | As a present day gallery owner searches into the past of a charismatic artist whose paintings hold great mystery, he uncovers more truth than he could have ever thought possible. In the summer of 1937, a new family takes their summer holiday in Blacknowle and forever changes the lives of some of the must vulnerable residents. A young dissolute girl, only child of a cold distant mother in a small seaside town, is entranced by the new family which includes two young girls she can play with. They bring with them stories of far away lands and the first glimpse of friendship and love she has ever experienced. In them she finds a treasure so precious, she may do anything to prevent losing it. What entails is a story so powerful and moving it is impossible to put down. Unpredictable, breathtaking, beautiful and haunting. A Half Forgotten Song is spellbinding. ( ) Azacia | Apr 27, 2014 | This is a dual-time narrative story, and the modern day story is that of art gallery owner and would-be artist, Zach Gilchrist, who goes to Dorset to write a book about Charles Aubrey, and finds out more about the events of the three summers that the Aubreys spent there. I enjoyed this book, although it couldn't possibly beat my favourite Katherine Webb book, The Unseen. I always like stories set in two different times, when the person in the present day is finding out about mysteries in the past. I think this story was maybe a little on the long side but overall an absorbing tale. (  ) nicx27 | Dec 1, 2013 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
England, 1937. In the village of Blacknowle on the Dorset coast, fourteen-year-old Mitzy Hatcher has endured a wild and lonely upbringing. Shunned by her neighbours, the arrival of renowned artist Charles Aubrey, along with his exotic mistress and their daughters, is like a breath of fresh air. As Charles's muse, Mitzy develops a deep and abiding bond with the Aubrey household over the course of the following three summers. Gradually, Mitzy begins to perceive a future she had never thought possible, and a powerful love is kindled in her. A love that will grow as she does: from innocence to obsession; from childish infatuation to something far more complex. It will be almost seventy-five years before the consequences of this potent desire are fully played out, as a young man in an art gallery looks at a hastily-drawn portrait and wonders at the intensity of it. The questions he asks will lead him back to Blacknowle, and draw him to the truth about those fevered summers in the 1930s. Moving from the wilds of the Dorset coast to the intoxicating heat of a Moroccan summer, A Half Forgotten Song explores the quixotic nature of memory - and the perils of obsessive love. No library descriptions found. |
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Rather predictable and somewhat implausible but decent enough for the "beach read" category.