A Thousand Perfect Notes

C.G. Drews
Orchard Books • 2018

An emotionally charged story of music, abuse and, ultimately, hope.Beck hates his life. He hates his violent mother. He hates his home. Most of all, he hates the piano that his mother forces him to pl...ay hour after hour, day after day. He will never play as she did before illness ended her career and left her bitter and broken. But Beck is too scared to stand up to his mother, and tell her his true passion, which is composing his own music - because the least suggestion of rebellion on his part ends in violence.When Beck meets August, a girl full of life, energy and laughter, love begins to awaken within him and he glimpses a way to escape his painful existence. But dare he reach for it?
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Edícia vydavateľstva Slovart, vyznačujúca sa menším formátom, jednou výraznou farbou obálky a jednoduchým, ale výstižným motívom, patrí medzi moje najobľúbenejšie. Je veľa kníh určených pre mladých čitateľov, no tieto romány majú omnoho väčší rozmer. Vždy sa venujú závažným témam, ktorými mnohí tínedžeri žijú, ale neraz si s nimi nevedia dať rady. Za všetky spomeniem aspoň neopätovanú lásku,[...]

Autor: C. G. Drews Originálny názov: A Thousand Perfect Notes Počet strán: 200 Rok vydania: 2019 Vydavateľstvo: Slovart Emóciami nabitý príbeh o tom, ako sa vášeň môže zmeniť na posadnutosť. Beck nenávidí svoj život. Nenávidí svoju násilnícku matku. Nenávidí svoj domov. A zo všetkého najviac nenávidí klavír, na ktorom ho matka núti hrať každú hodinu každého dňa. Nikdy nebude hrať[...]

An emotionally charged story of music, abuse and, ultimately, hope.

Beck hates his life. He hates his violent mother. He hates his home. Most of all, he hates the piano that his mother forces him to play hour after hour, day after day. He will never play as she did before illness ended her career and left her bitter and broken. But Beck is too scared to stand up to his mother, and tell her his true passion, which is composing his own music - because the least suggestion of rebellion on his part ends in violence.

When Beck meets August, a girl full of life, energy and laughter, love begins to awaken within him and he glimpses a way to escape his painful existence. But dare he reach for it?