Night Music: The Sunday Times bestseller full of warmth and heart

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Isabel’s poor kids are also struggling with their new lives. Her 15 years old Kitty misses her friends from her old place and Thierry is still keeping his silence after dealing with tragedy of losing his father.

Me Before You film adaptation awards: People's Choice Awards Winner for Favourite Dramatic Movie (2017); [38] [39] ASCAP Award Winner for Top Box Office Films (2017); [38] Golden Trailer Award Winner for Best Romance (2017) [38] of poignant and engaging story but the ending made me clench my fists! I’m not gonna spill more beans but I can only say the conclusion about some of the characters’ stories are not fair! It pissed me off a lot! Moyes first won the Romantic Novelists' Association's Romantic Novel of the Year Award in 2004 for Foreign Fruit [26] and again in 2011 for The Last Letter From Your Lover. [27] She is one of few authors to have received this award twice. [28]On the other hand: Matt was truly vindictive, devious, obsessive character who does anything in his power to take control of the house! Pauline Sara Jo Moyes (born 4 August 1969), known professionally as Jojo Moyes, is an English journalist and, since 2002, an award-winning romance novelist, [1] #1 New York Times best selling author [2] and screenwriter. [3] [4] She is one of only a few authors to have twice won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association and her works have been translated into twenty-eight languages [5] and have sold over 40 million copies worldwide. [6] Life and early career [ edit ] Sturges, Fiona (5 May 2023). "Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes audiobook review – a smart changing-places tale". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 26 June 2023. The story revolves around the lives of a number of characters, which I always enjoy. I like there to be more than one POV, and feel it often helps to round out the story and flesh out the figures.

This novel follows the lives of the people in the little village where 'The Spanish House' is located. It's an old and derelict house, in need of a lot of repairs, but it is in a wonderful location by the lake. Matt and Laura have been coveting the house for years, and when the owner dies, they are hopeful that it will be left to them, but instead it goes into his intestate estate and is passed on to some distant relative, Isabel, leaving them bitter Some of her earliest novels were historical fiction books, and her later work including her most recently published titles are contemporary women’s fiction, usually with a romantic element to them. If you have already read books by Jojo Moyes, you probably know that her most recent books are contemporary women’s fiction with a romance twist and are hugely popular.I thought the premise had potential, but then I realized I have been here before with so many other stories like this, so, I immediately found myself bored. But, did you know that some of her earlier work includes some historical fiction books as well? I enjoyed those just as much as her newer contemporary fiction books.

Moreover, Sabine’s curiosity unearths buried secrets from Joy’s past, forcing her to confront old wounds and consider the healing they desperately need. The good ol' gossip Mrs Linnet: "Word will get out (she said mysteriously, tapping her nose). We'll become a magnet for all sorts of undesirables. It'll be paediatricians next"?!? Night Music' is a story about 'The Spanish House' - recently inherited by newly widowed Isabel and her two children. The last place they want to be is in an almost derelict house in a close-knit country village. Isabel is a successful violinist who doesn't get her hands dirty, her daughter Kitty is a sensible 15 year old who misses her friends and son Thierry has not spoken since his father was killed in a road accident a year ago. Nisha Cantor leads a jet-setting life of luxury until her husband drops a bombshell: divorce and cutting her off financially. Determined to cling to her glamorous existence, Nisha faces an unexpected twist when she finds herself without even the shoes she was standing in moments ago.Her neighbours, Laura and Matt, do nothing in the slightest to make her feel welcome to the village; on the contrary Matt is out for revenge and Laura is lost in her ever crumbling world. These are of course only 3 of the characters. All the characters were believable and could be related to on some level. Haunted by her mother’s presence, Suzanna embarks on a journey of introspection and truth. In unraveling the mysteries of her family’s past, she unearths the keys to her own history and happiness that were right in front of her all along.

Kate, estranged from her mother since she fled her rural Irish home, vowed to be a true friend to her own daughter, Sabine. However, the distance between them seems to grow wider with each passing day. Jojo Moyes on Creating "Me Before You" From Book to Film". womenandhollywood.com . Retrieved 10 August 2022. The plot devices get repetitive: everyone has a crush on everyone. Everybody is cheating. All of them are emotional drama queens. Moyes won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper which allowed her to attend the postgraduate newspaper journalism course at City University in 1992. [13] She subsequently worked for The Independent for the next 10 years (except for one year, when she worked in Hong Kong for the Sunday Morning Post) in various roles, becoming Assistant News Editor in 1998. [13] In 2002 she became the newspaper's Arts and Media Correspondent. [14] Writing career [ edit ] Night Music is the story of Isabel Delancey, a renowned violinist, whose once-comfortable life is shattered when her husband’s sudden death leaves her drowning in debt. Forced to uproot her family and seek refuge in the dilapidated Spanish House she inherited, Isabel faces a daunting challenge to rebuild their lives.Maybe it's just me, but there's something about a battle over a house that attracts me. Another of my favorite books (not the film) is Andre Dubus III's "House of Sand and Fog" which also involves a house everyone wants, and the emotional pull such an embattled dwelling can bring about. "Night Music" is very different from that book -- maybe even better -- but I felt the same compulsion to keep listening until it all got worked out. Of course "Night Music" is really about the people -- the fragile, wounded, too-trusting professional violinist who inherits it, the corrupt builder who pretends to help restore it, but has evil plans of his own, the children caught in the middle of it, the guy who's camping out, unknown, in the boiler room... and the rabbits. Can't forget the rabbits. This is a great story of loss, bereavement and obsession. It has quite sinister undertones in places and the character of Matt is especially well created - starting out as the local friendly builder and gradually getting darker and more threatening as the story evolves. A talented violinist Isabel and also widow inherits a dilapidated house named Spanish house at the close knit country village , moving there with her two kids after she’s suffering from the trauma to lose her husband at tragic traffic accident. Meanwhile, Natasha, a struggling lawyer grappling with a failed marriage and a disappointing new relationship, finds her path intertwined with Sarah’s. Determined to make a difference, Natasha embraces the opportunity to mentor the strong-willed fourteen-year-old. Yet, Sarah harbors a secret, one that will forever alter the lives of those involved. As the bonds of friendship deepen and choices unfold, the profound impact of even the smallest decisions becomes apparent.