The Forget-me-not Sonata by Santa Montefiore

The Forget-me-not Sonata by Santa Montefiore

Spread over two generations, The Forget-Me-Not Sonata is based in the English Colony of Hurlingham in Argentina and in Dorset from the 1940s to the present day. A sweeping story following the life of Audrey Garnet who grows up in the small Anglo-Argentine community where the gossiping ladies of the Hurlingham Club divulge and discuss the latest scandals over scones and Earl Grey tea. Ripples pass through the community when Cecil and Louis Forrester arrive to make their fortunes. Cecil is a decorated war hero while Louis, who didn't fight, thrashes out his tormented soul on the grand piano and hides a dark secret that only his brother knows. Audrey loses her heart to one, but marries the other and yet her love only intensifies over the years and the music of the forget-me-not sonata reminds her time and again of the dreadful sacrifice she has made.

Santa Montefiore has proved herself a talented novelist - She

Classy romantic sagaEscape into a world of ardent love and doomed desire - Instyle

The kind of book you can't wait to get back to. Sigh. - Irish Tatler - Dublin

Sheer heaven. - Bangor Chronicle

the final (unexpected) plot twist plays itself out with pleasing conviction. - Daily Mail

haunting, soft-focus fiction - Glasgow Herald

Appealing - Mail on Sunday

A grand weepy that should come with a free packet of tissues . . . for those who like their books served with a giant dollop of romance, this is ideal - Jewish Chronicle

Santa Montefiore was born in England in 1970 to an Anglo-Argentine mother, and read Spanish and Italian at Exeter University. After a year teaching English on an Argentine estancia, she spent much of the nineties in Buenos Aires. She lives in London with her husband, the historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, and their daughter, Lily.

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ISBN 13	9780340822883
ISBN 10	0340822880
Title	The Forget-me-not Sonata
Author	Santa Montefiore
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Year published	2003-03-03
Number of pages	496
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.