La's orchestra saves the world
McCall Smith, Alexander.
La's orchestra saves the world - New York. Pantheon Books. 1/7/2011 - 294 p. ; 20 cm.
It is 1939. Lavender--La to her friends--decides to flee London, not only to avoid German bombs but also to escape the memories of her shattered marriage. Settling in as small town, she organizes an amateur orchestra from the village and the local RAF base and falls in love with one of her prized recruits.
'Originally published in Great Britain by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh, in 2008'--T.p. verso.
0307378381 (hbk.) 9780307378385 (hbk.)
2009008639
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Fiction.
Orchestra -- Fiction.
La's orchestra saves the world - New York. Pantheon Books. 1/7/2011 - 294 p. ; 20 cm.
It is 1939. Lavender--La to her friends--decides to flee London, not only to avoid German bombs but also to escape the memories of her shattered marriage. Settling in as small town, she organizes an amateur orchestra from the village and the local RAF base and falls in love with one of her prized recruits.
'Originally published in Great Britain by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh, in 2008'--T.p. verso.
0307378381 (hbk.) 9780307378385 (hbk.)
2009008639
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Fiction.
Orchestra -- Fiction.