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The Blue Note

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"The Blue Note" is the second book by Charlotte Bingham that I have read and I have to admit that I was a little disappointed. In this book, I found the pace to be a little slow and a little unbelievible. Miranda, Teddy, and Bobbie are three children that are evauated to the English countryside during the war after a while they are seperated from each others and it is years before they each other again. Clearly the focus of the was Miranda and Bobbie while the reader learns very little about Teddy's grow-up.
If you are a fan of Ms. Bingham than I sure that you will enjoy this book, but otherwise you may just want to pass.

This is a novel so heartbreaking........so touching it kept me glued to the pages just anticipating the outcome for these wonderful characters.

The novel is centred around three orphans: Teddy, Roberta, and Miranda, and as it is wartime in England, they are sent to Somerset to the adoptive care of two spinster sisters; Aunt Sophie and Aunt Prudence, living at a rectory. Although there is a war going on, their life with the sisters is idyllic and they are made to feel wanted and loved....more secure than they have ever imagined.

However, all good things soon come to an end, as the Committee for Evacuation moves in and Roberta is sent to another home.....seperating her from all the people she holds dear to her heart.

Life goes on and after the war the three meet under rare circumstances. Miranda is now a model and Teddy a Photographer. Roberta is working in Advertising. They have all changed tremendously, but the ties that bound them as youngsters, are ever present and the friendship continue from where they left off. See the stories they exchange with each other and where life takes them from this point.

A wonderful gift for an avid reader. I gave it five stars.

Reviewed by Heather Marshall (nettle-girl)

As always I enjoyed the characters created by Charlotte Bingham and learned a little bit more about the war time experiences of the children of that era. It was a wonderful read and very hard to put down once I started it. I would recommend this book to a friend and have passed it on to my sister.

Put this book aside after reading about half of it. Characters had no depth, actions had no explanations, dialogue was silly and incomplete. I can't believe the same author also wrote "Under the Chestnut Tree" which I really enjoyed.