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A Half Forgotten Song

a powerful tale of the dark side of love, and the shocking truths that dwell there

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A Half Forgotten Song

By: Katherine Webb
Narrated by: Jacqueline King
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Summary

 1937. In a village on the Dorset coast, fourteen-year-old Mitzy Hatcher has endured a wild and lonely upbringing - until the arrival of renowned artist Charles Aubrey, his exotic mistress and their daughters, changes everything. Over the next three summers, Mitzy sees a future she had never thought possible, and a powerful love is kindled in her. A love that grows from innocence to obsession; from childish infatuation to something far more complex.

Years later, a young man in an art gallery looks at a hastily drawn portrait and wonders at the intensity of it. The questions he asks lead him to a Dorset village and to the truth about those fevered summers in the 1930s . . .

Read by Jacqueline King

(p) 2012 Orion Publishing Group©2012 Katherine Webb Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance Feel-Good
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If you could sum up A Half Forgotten Song in three words, what would they be?

lovely story

What other book might you compare A Half Forgotten Song to, and why?

i can not name one.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

All of the book.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

yes there is both happiness and sadness in the book.

Any additional comments?

what an enjoyable book,

A book you cant forget

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a fantastic listen. the story is really well read and the plot and sub plot make this one of the best audio books i have listened to. the accents are believable, characters likeable and the scene setting really engages the listener. i look forward to more of her work and will also seek out the reader as she made the book come alive.

really engrossing

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Brilliant lots of twist and turns lovely moving story. WelI told I enjoyed it from beginning to end.

A half forgotten song

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I love Katherine Webb's novels.

Her ability to describe places is second to none.

In this tale she continues her style of setting the plot across two time periods and as usual there is a cracking twist at the end.

I always care about Katherine's characters, and the main character in this book, Mitzy Hatcher is no different (although Cat from 'The Unseen' remains my favourite character).

There are themes of family, alienation, obsession and beauty in this book. Each character is so well written and the pace of the novel is just perfect. The suspense and intrigue is built in a beautifully subtle way and I am always satisfied with the way Katherine Webb ends her books.

Looking forward to her next novel.

Another beautifully crafted story by Webb

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Wonderful and left you with questions that will stay with you long after the story ends.

Full of surprises!

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