The Girl with the Violin
An unmissable, inspiring and gripping story of love, loss and search for identity. Perfect for readers of Anna Funder, Megan Rogers and Anthony Doerr
$31.18
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
3 July 2024
Summary
It’s 1989 and for a young Jewish-Australian violinist, a scholarship to Berlin is the chance of a lifetime. Germany is on the verge of change as the wall is torn down, and Susanna is swept along by the tumultuous event. Under the careful guidance of Stefan Heinemeyer, her renowned violin teacher and the grandson of a Nazi, she begins a composition in memory of her grandmother, Mirla, who died in the Buchenwald concentration camp during the Second World War, and Susanna is inspired to retrace …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781867286417 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1867286416 |
| Author: | Shelley Davidow |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | HQ Fiction |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 3 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 479g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 155mm x 235mm |
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Shelley Davidow
Shelley Davidow is an award-winning international author who grew up in South Africa. Writing across genres, her 50 books reflect her experiences living and working on five continents over two decades. Recent publications include the memoirs Runaways (Ultimo, 2022), Shadow Sisters (University of Queensland Press, 2018) and Whisperings in the Blood (University of Queensland Press, 2016).
Her day job is as a senior lecturer in Education at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. She’s also a facilitator in Restorative Practice and consults with school communities around the country. In the time that’s left over, she runs creative writing workshops, and has made at least one serious attempt to learn the violin. She lives by a saltwater lake with her family and some tame kookaburras.
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