Letters to the Pianist
In war-torn London, 1941, fourteen-year-old Ruth Goldberg and her two
younger siblings, Gabi and Hannah, survive the bombing of their family
home but their parents are believed to be dead, buried under the rubble.
They don't know that their father has been taken to the hospital with
amnesia. Years later, Ruth stumbles across a newspaper photo of a
celebrated pianist who looks exactly like her father. The only way to
find out for sure is to write him a letter, and as the pianist's
memories surface, his new life begins to fall apart.
I didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would. I did like the early days - with the Goldberg's as a whole, and as poor Ruth had to stay with aunt Fenella and uncle Harry while her younger siblings went to stay with aunt Betty. The characters were okay. The concept was interesting. I liked the setting. But I found it long and drawn-out. Once I put the book down I didn't really want to pick it back up. I'm happy it's over and now that it is I seem to enjoy it more looking back on it than I did while I was reading it.
I won a copy through LibraryThing. Thank you to BHC Press for my copy.
3/5.
I didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would. I did like the early days - with the Goldberg's as a whole, and as poor Ruth had to stay with aunt Fenella and uncle Harry while her younger siblings went to stay with aunt Betty. The characters were okay. The concept was interesting. I liked the setting. But I found it long and drawn-out. Once I put the book down I didn't really want to pick it back up. I'm happy it's over and now that it is I seem to enjoy it more looking back on it than I did while I was reading it.
I won a copy through LibraryThing. Thank you to BHC Press for my copy.
3/5.
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