The Cellist's Notebook

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>'The Cellist's Notebook' is a charming life-affirming tale of discovery surrounding an old family mystery. A young girl's curiosity her love of a little melody and the beauty of a cello evokes memories long forgotten.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Set in the present day ten year old Emily Peters is spending the summer with her Nana Rose a retired piano teacher in rural Cumbria whilst Emily's sister Lizzie travels to Paris for a French exchange. When Emily notices an old photograph of a cellist dating back to the Second World War and discovers cellos and an old music manuscript in the attic her Nana tells of the touching and compelling story of her brother Leni a linguist cellist and music composer whose disappearance was marked 'ultimate fate unknown' following World War II.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Emily's love of the unfinished cello melody found in her Great Uncle Leni's music notebook evokes memories for her Nana Rose and Emily returns to Norfolk with a passion to play the cello and a determination to learn the long lost melody. A series of events unfold that change the life of Emily and her family forever.</span></p><p></p><p>'<span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>This was such a </span><strong style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>beautifully written </strong><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>novella that I devoured in one afternoon. I was instantly </span><strong style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>captivated </strong><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>by the magical feel and found myself just </span><strong style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>enchanted</strong><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)> by everything within it. For a book so short it was </span><strong style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>so detailed</strong><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)> and I found myself feeling like I was in Emily's shoes and I love when a book does that to me. One of the things I loved most about The Cellist's Notebook were the</span><em style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)> </em><strong style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>gorgeous </strong><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>settings and this in turn made me eager to visit them. My favourite by far was Nana Rose's house and the Cumbrian countryside. I am a sucker for a good country setting and from the way it was described I found myself wanting to visit Nana Rose myself.'</span></p><p></p>