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A professional pianist searches for her sister, who disappeared when their parents died, aided by her childhood-care records and a single song that continues to haunt her ? the exquisite new novel from the author of This Is How We Are Human
‘Utterly beautiful ? I couldn’t put it down’Â Iona Gray
‘Louise Beech has a rare talent ? she doesn’t just move the reader, she breaks their heart and mends it again’ Fiona Cummins
‘The best one yet ? I’m still in tears of heartbreak and joy’Â S E Lynes
‘Like the notes of a nocturne, Nothing Else will leave you profoundly touched by its beauty’ Nydia Hetherington
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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.
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‘One of the best writers of her generation’Â John Marrs
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‘AÂ story of childhood trauma, survival, the fragility of memory, and of love that survives decades ? I loved it’Â Gill Paul
‘A touching, beautifully written work of literary fiction … pure perfection’?Michael Wood
‘A beautiful, heartbreaking, uplifting novel’Â Vikki Patis
‘Another brilliant tale of love and hope’Â Fionnuala Kearney
‘Powerful, mesmerising and honest ? I loved every word’Â Carol Lovekin
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‘A tender and beautiful story about the loving and unbreakable bond between sisters’ Madeleine Black
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‘Wonderful prose’ Shelley’s Book Nook
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‘Emotional, poignant, delightful’ Bobs and Books
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‘A masterpiece of emotional artistry, as spectacularly tender as it is disquieting, this book will stay with you long after you finish it’ Bookly Matters
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‘This is another beautiful, lyrically written story, made even more perfect with the musical themes throughout’ Karen Reads
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‘Beautifully written, in that style that is so typical of this author, and which never fails to draw its reader in’ From Belgium with Booklove
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‘Madame Beech has done it again … both touching and heartbreaking’Â
Mrs Loves To Read
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‘This is such a beautiful book – incredibly tender, it’s like an extended piece of the most beautiful classical music you ever heard’ Tea Leaves and Reads
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‘This is a story, at its root, of love and loss, and lost time, but one that testifies to the power of truth and the endurance of love ? her best yet’
Blue Book Balloon
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