I’m am literally over the moon to be able to say I am part of the Orenda Book Tour for Louise Beech and her new book, Nothing Else. Thanks to Anne Cater and Orenda Books for the copy of the book.
Heather Harris is a piano teacher and professional musician, whose quiet life revolves around music, whose memories centre on a single song that haunts her. A song she longs to perform again. A song she wrote as a child, to drown out the violence in their home. A song she played with her little sister, Harriet.
But Harriet is gone … she disappeared when their parents died, and Heather never saw her again.
When Heather is offered an opportunity to play piano on a cruise ship, she leaps at the chance. She’ll read her recently released childhood care records by day – searching for clues to her sister’s disappearance – and play piano by night … coming to terms with the truth about a past she’s done everything to forget.
An exquisitely moving novel about surviving devastating trauma, about the unbreakable bond between sisters, Nothing Else is also a story of courage and love, and the power of music to transcend – and change – everything.
Louise Beech always writes a story, so deep and intense that I find it hard to review in a way I feel justifies her stunning writing. Every novel of Louise’s makes me feel I never do it justice. Again I am going to attempt to put into words what this novel conveys.
Nothing Else is a story of the healing power of music, the love between sisters and their unbreakable bond too. The bravery it takes to face heartbeak and move forward too.
It is told overtwo timelines, present day and flashbacks to the past by two sisters Heather and Harriet. This enabled me to get to know their lives and them. I found this so fascinating, I was totally invested in their story, from beginning to end. They tugged on my heartstrings so strongly, it was an emotional read. These women felt like my friends and I was so torn. I wanted to keep reading but also wanted to savour this novel at the same time.
When you pick up a Louise Beech novel you can guarantee it won’t be an easy read. Every novel she has written has torn my heart into pieces with issues raised. Issues that some people would prefer to keep ‘in the dark’, you could say. Louise Beech hits them head on and brings them out with no shame. This does create an emotional read and one that should be told. I am always deeply affected by Louise’s books, no matter which one I pick up. She is so lyrical in her writing and I just can’t get enough of her novels.
A tender, so emotional and intense novel that is definitely my top read of the year. No-one writes with such emotional intensity as Louise Beech. She tops them all and this story is no different. An absolutely highly recommended read.
Heather Harris is a piano teacher and professional musician, whose quiet life revolves around music, whose memories centre on a single song that haunts her. A song she longs to perform again. A song she wrote as a child, to drown out the violence in their home. A song she played with her little sister, Harriet.
But Harriet is gone … she disappeared when their parents died, and Heather never saw her again.
When Heather is offered an opportunity to play piano on a cruise ship, she leaps at the chance. She’ll read her recently released childhood care records by day – searching for clues to her sister’s disappearance – and play piano by night … coming to terms with the truth about a past she’s done everything to forget.
Buy Link
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09QHG8QLN/ref=cmAmazon_sw_em_r_mt_awdb_34YCBJPHXSCC62XREYT2
Author Bio
All six of Louise Beech’s books have been digital bestsellers. Her novels have been a Guardian
Readers’ Choice, shortlisted for Not the Booker Prize, and shortlisted for the RNA Most Popular Romantic Novel Award. Her short fiction has won the Glass Woman Prize, the Eric Hoffer Award for Prose, and the Aesthetica Creative Works competition, as well as shortlisting for the Bridport Prize twice. Louise lives with her husband on the outskirts of Hull. Follow her on Twitter @louisewriter
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