Love Songs by Michael Taylor
Michael Taylor's third Black Country novel about the Kite family of Dudley is set in the colourful world of dance bands in the 1920s. Maxine Kite - the talented musician of the family - is overjoyed to land a job as a cellist with Birmingham's orchestra. Brent Shackleton, an intriguing fellow musician, introduces Maxine to the world of dance music and soon she is the star of his swing band. She loves this new life - even though it's complicating her love life. First, Maxine discovers she is not the cold fish her old boyfriend Stephen always said she was. She falls in love with Howard Quaintance and she has never been so happy. But wild, unorthodox Brent Shackleton resents Howard and all he stands for. He decides to lure Maxine away from her staid boyfriend. He gets his chance when the band is offered a chance to go to America ...
Poppy Silk is a superior saga that happily avoids the usual melodrama, and in Poppy the author has created an appealing heroine who I couldn't help but root forThe Historical Novels Review A lovely Midlands tale which demonstrates Michael Taylor's extraordinary understanding of the female mind. Coventry Evening Telegraph on POPPY SILK It's about time a man wrote romantic fiction - Michael Taylor does it superbly. Edwina Currie 'Michael Taylor has returned...to prove that men can write romantic sagas too'. Sunday Mercury on THE LOVE MATCH Love Songs is Michael Taylor's best story yet. Bolton Evening News A gripping story that tests the emotions. Nuneaton Evening Telegraph (Heart's Desire)
Michael Taylor was born in Dudley and educated at Dudley Grammar School and the Birmingham College of Art and Crafts. He has beeen a songwriter and performer with the popular recording group Herbie's People, a widely published photographer and since 1990, a successful businessman. He lives in South Staffordshire with his wife and family.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340751329 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340751320 |
| Title | Love Songs |
| Author | Michael Taylor |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton General Division |
| Year published | 2001-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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