A professional pianist searches for her sister, who was taken when their parents died, aided on by her childhood care records and a single song that continues to haunt her.
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.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"A brilliant premise, executed beautifully ... such a moving, tender and unexpected read." - Catherine Isaac
"Another brilliant tale of love and hope." - Fionnuala Kearney
"One of the best writers of her generation." - John Marrs
"Nothing Else is a beautiful, heartbreaking, uplifting novel that is utterly mesmerizing and unforgettable. A Louise Beech novel isn't just a novel, it's an experience. Emotion pours from the page, capturing the senses and bringing the characters fully to life." - Vikki Patis
"A story of childhood trauma, survival, the fragility of memory, and of love that survives decades - I loved it." - Gill Paul
"Another brilliant tale of love and hope." - Fionnuala Kearney
"One of the best writers of her generation." - John Marrs
"Nothing Else is a beautiful, heartbreaking, uplifting novel that is utterly mesmerizing and unforgettable. A Louise Beech novel isn't just a novel, it's an experience. Emotion pours from the page, capturing the senses and bringing the characters fully to life." - Vikki Patis
"A story of childhood trauma, survival, the fragility of memory, and of love that survives decades - I loved it." - Gill Paul
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