Crescendo by Joanna Howat Paperback Book 9781399989831

New Years Eve 1991This beautiful intricatelywoven novel of love loss and redemption will echo in your heart long after you turn the last page Brava to the new maestro of family fiction BESTSELLING AUTHOR CHRISSIE MANBYTwo siblings One family tragedy Who will pick up the piecesNew Years Eve 1991 three generations of the Fenton family gather in their grand North Yorkshire home for what they dont yet know will be their last meal togetherJamie a talented pianist stuck in a deadend job is desperate to escape his fathers disapproval and his mothers smothering attention while his sister Caz basking in the love of her adoring husband and obsessed with motherhood assumes their parents will always be there to catch them when they fallBut when tragedy hits the two siblings are thrown into a tailspin of grief from which one of them may never recover As the family crumbles Jamie and Caz realise that adulthood doesnt come with a manual and theyre far less prepared for life than they thoughtDark humour meets family dysfunction in this gripping heartfelt debut novel about what happens when the grownups are gone and theres noone left to take their placeabout what happens when the adults have...