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The Lost Love Song
by Minnie Darke
When Diana, an accomplished pianist, and Arie, an IT guy, meet for the first time, it's love at first sight. Seven years later they are engaged, living together in the home they bought, and happier than ever. But Arie is confused as to why Diana still won't make the ultimate commitment and marry him. Desperate to convey her feelings for him but undecided about the tradition of marriage, Diana composes a hauntingly beautiful love song that she begins to play for him before she's whisked away for another concert series across the world.
During her travels, Diana finishes composing the song at her hotel, unaware that an onlooker has become completely transfixed with the moving melody. Exhausted and distracted, Diana forgets her manuscript with the written composition at the hotel piano. The onlooker notices and with the intent to return it to her, pockets it and quickly forgets all about it.
On her way to Paris, the flight Diana is on malfunctions and the entire flight dies from oxygen deprivation. The ghost flight is escorted to its watery grave at the bottom of the Atlantic. Wrecked and inconsolable, Arie must live the rest of his days without the love of his life. Meanwhile, Diana's love song takes on a life of its own, passing from one stranger to the next, one lover to another.
This was a moving and heart wrenching story about love, loss, and grief. The writing was extremely artistic and poetic and it was easy to get lost in the beautiful language and story lines. The story followed Arie in his journey of grief and self-healing. It also followed the life of the song as it moved from musician to musician and changed not only in how the song was interpreted and played, but also in how it continued to impact the people it touched.
Though the underlying story was sad, this was a beautiful novel about the power of love and the healing power of music. There were quite a lot of characters in this novel, many not introduced until the last third of the book which is generally something I dislike. However, the connections and ties between the characters and the song was well done and added a lot of depth to the story. The varying story lines also added levity and hope to an otherwise sad story.
Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for a copy of this book.
During her travels, Diana finishes composing the song at her hotel, unaware that an onlooker has become completely transfixed with the moving melody. Exhausted and distracted, Diana forgets her manuscript with the written composition at the hotel piano. The onlooker notices and with the intent to return it to her, pockets it and quickly forgets all about it.
On her way to Paris, the flight Diana is on malfunctions and the entire flight dies from oxygen deprivation. The ghost flight is escorted to its watery grave at the bottom of the Atlantic. Wrecked and inconsolable, Arie must live the rest of his days without the love of his life. Meanwhile, Diana's love song takes on a life of its own, passing from one stranger to the next, one lover to another.
This was a moving and heart wrenching story about love, loss, and grief. The writing was extremely artistic and poetic and it was easy to get lost in the beautiful language and story lines. The story followed Arie in his journey of grief and self-healing. It also followed the life of the song as it moved from musician to musician and changed not only in how the song was interpreted and played, but also in how it continued to impact the people it touched.
Though the underlying story was sad, this was a beautiful novel about the power of love and the healing power of music. There were quite a lot of characters in this novel, many not introduced until the last third of the book which is generally something I dislike. However, the connections and ties between the characters and the song was well done and added a lot of depth to the story. The varying story lines also added levity and hope to an otherwise sad story.
Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for a copy of this book.