From the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER comes a
compassionate, compelling new novel of boyhood, coming of age, and
the confusions of desire and reality. 'It's delicious, it's dear,
it's heart-breaking and very funny' Rachel Joyce 'An incredibly
beautiful story told with compassion. Nothing is wasted. Each
sentence is beautifully crafted' Joanna Cannon 1970s
Weston-Super-Mare and ten-year-old oddball Eustace, an only child,
has life transformed by his mother's quixotic decision to sign him
up for cello lessons. Music-making brings release for a boy who is
discovering he is an emotional volcano. He laps up lessons from his
young teacher, not noticing how her brand of glamour is casting a
damaging spell over his frustrated and controlling mother. When he
is enrolled in holiday courses in the Scottish borders, lessons in
love, rejection and humility are added to daily practice. Drawing
in part on his own boyhood, Patrick Gale's new novel explores a
collision between childish hero worship and extremely messy adult
love lives.
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