Top

La's Orchestra Saves The World

On sale

2nd July 2009

Price: £9.99

Select a format

Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780349122052

Disclosure: If you buy products using the retailer buttons above, we may earn a commission from the retailers you visit.

With a failed marriage behind her, La — short for Lavender — moves to the Suffolk countryside on the eve of the Second World War to nurse her broken heart. Lonely and at a loss, a friend encourages her to bring the villagers and the men from the local airbase together by forming an amateur orchestra. One of her musician recruits is Feliks, a handsome and enigmatic Polish refugee. A friendship begins to blossom between the two, and La finds her feelings stirring to life again.

Poignant, tender and inspiring, La’s Orchestra Saves the World celebrates the power of love and friendship in the shadow of the collective tragedy of war, as well as the extraordinary healing power of music.

Reviews

INDEPENDENT
** 'Beautifully precise and psychologically acute
DAILY MAIL Books of the Year
** 'A gentle and uplifting read
THE TIMES
** 'Alexander McCall Smith writes about the enduring, patient qualities of love . . . the novel pays heed to our natural yearning for a story to chew on
SCOTSMAN
** 'The evocation of war-torn England, with its palpable mood of defiance, determination and survival, is beautifully caught