"Blair, Emma - Moonlit Eyes" - читать интересную книгу автора (Blair Emma)Moonlit Eyes by Emma Blair.
Back cover. islinngton, the late 1930s. When Pee Wee Poston and his wife Beula are offered the chance to swap New York for London, they jump at it. Pee Wee, a highly talented saxophonist, has been asked to launch a new jazz club in Soho. By accepting, the couple can be close to their son Julius, a high-flying diplomat at the American embassy. The Postons settle in Islington, only to find that some locals dislike having a black family in the area. But from their new neighbours - Albert and Jess Sykes, their daughter Ellie and son Paul - they receive the sort of warm welcome Londoners are known for. Before long, they are firm friends - a commodity which, with war looming, grows more precious by the day. As Hitler launches his bombing campaign on London, Pee Wee and his band play on, resolute in their defiance of the air raids. And then, in the middle of the tragedy and suffering, a moment of rare beauty blossoms. Julius plays one of his father's records, Moonlit Eyes, and asks Ellie to dance . .. from the bestselling author of FORGET-ME-NOT GENERAL FICTION ILLUSTRATION: GORDON CRABB ISBN 0316855855 Also by Emma Blair WHERE NO MAN CRIES NELLIE WILDCHILD THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN JESSIE GRAY THE PRINCESS OF POOR STREET STREET SONG WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE A MOST DETERMINED WOMAN THE BLACKBIRD'S TALE MAGGIE JORDAN SCARLET RIBBONS THE WATER MEADOWS THE SWEETEST THING THE DAFFODIL SEA PASSIONATE TIMES HALF HIDDEN FLOWER OF SCOTLAND AN APPLE FROM EDEN GOODNIGHT, SWEET PRINCE WILD STRAWBERRIES FORGET-ME-NOT MOONLIT EYES Emma Blair |
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