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    The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton

    Written by Anstey Harris

    Narrated by Tania Rodrigues

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    Grace Atherton has fallen out of love... and into life

    Between the simple melody of running her violin shop and the full-blown orchestra of her romantic interludes in Paris with David, her devoted partner of eight years, Grace Atherton has always set her life to music.

    Her world revolves entirely around David, for Grace’s own secrets have kept everyone else at bay. Until, suddenly and shockingly, one act tips Grace’s life upside down, and the music seems to stop.

    It takes a vivacious old man and a straight-talking teenager to kickstart a new chapter for Grace. In the process, she learns that she is not as alone in the world as she had once thought, that no mistake is insurmountable, and that the quiet moments in life can be something to shout about …

    For fans of The Keeper of Lost Things, The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton is the story of a woman who has her heart broken, but then puts it back together again in the most uplifting and exquisite way.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio UK
    Release dateNov 15, 2018
    ISBN9781471175183
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    The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton
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    Anstey Harris

    Anstey Harris teaches creative writing in Kent, England. Her short stories have been widely published in anthologies and online and she was the winner of the H.G. Wells Short Story Prize in 2015. Anstey lives in Kent, England, and is the mother of singer-songwriter Lucy Spraggan.

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    • 5/5
      A remarkable story, the author is sensual with love and life lost and gained, the narrator excellent and the making and playing the cello real.
    • 4/5
      The descriptions of music and while clumsy at times it was a very moving story.
    • 5/5
      Paris and music. How much better can it get?Call me a romantic! I loved this. I loved the struggle that Grace Atherton has to play, to live!I loved the atmosphe of instruments being shaped, the smell of glues, the aliveness of the instruments, and the music swelling throughout.I love Nadia and Mr. Williams. They shine!I walked the streets of Paris and Cremora with Grace and was pulled into the sights, the sounds, the smells.Troubled love leads to troubled times and beyond, and I was glued to every word.Fabulous!A Touchstone ARC via NetGalley
    • 4/5
      *I received a copy of this book from the publisher.*This book is perfect, but it was the right thing for me to read at the right time. Grace is violin maker, she also used to be an emerging cellist with the potential to play in world-class orchestras. She's also having an affair with a married man and heartbroken by her inability to get pregnant. The novel unfolds as one might expect, with Grace's love and professional lives being thrown into disarray. As Grace struggles to pick up the pieces of her life, she discovers the amazing friendships that surround her. This is a light read, but it's also a fulfilling and cheerful novel about rebuilding a life.
    • 4/5
      Grace Atherton’s life is in full tune: in London, she is running a violin shop and in Paris she meets her partner David. She had wanted to become a professional musician but due to lack of talent, she had to leave college and has to be content now with making the string instruments and playing them without any audience. When David rescues a young woman in the Paris metro, their whole life is turned upside down. Even though David’s wife knows about their affair, it has always been a delicate topic with their kids and David’s profession also requires discretion, but now the whole of France is searching for the hero of the underground and his obvious company. Yet, this is only the start of a series of events that will shake Grace’s life deeply. “The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton” is a novel hard to describe in only a couple of words. It’s a love story, a story of a break-up, about the love of music and about family and especially parents’ role in the life of their children, it’s about friendship and quarrels and first and foremost about forgiving and going on in life. What I really adored is how the author manages to convey the love of music into words, the compassion for the elegant and fragile instruments can be felt throughout the novel. All characters in the book are very well thought out, they have strengths and weaknesses which make them authentic and lovable, but most of all they are compassionate and kind-hearted and have their hearts in the right place. Even though not all that happens gives them (or you as a reader) pleasure, I’d call it a feel-good novel nevertheless and perfect for those autumns days where you long for something cosy and comfy.