The Blue Note - Softcover

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Charlotte Bingham comes from a literary family - her father sold a story to H. G. Wells when he was only seventeen - and Charlotte wrote her autobiography, CORONET AMONG THE WEEDS, at the age of nineteen. Since then, she has written comedy and drama series, films and plays for both England and America with her husband, the actor and playwright Terence Brady. Her published novels include the highly acclaimed bestsellers SUMMERTIME, THE SEASON, THE BLUE NOTE, THE LOVE KNOT, THE KISSING GARDEN, LOVE SONG, TO HEAR A NIGHTINGALE, THE BUSINESS, IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW, STARDUST, NANNY, CHANGE OF HEART, DEBUTANTES, THE NIGHTINGALE SINGS, GRAND AFFAIR, THE CHESTNUT TREE, THE WIND OFF THE SEA, THE MOON AT MIDNIGHT, DAUGHTERS OF EDEN, THE HOUSE OF FLOWERS, THE MAGIC HOUR, FRIDAY'S GIRL, IN DISTANT FIELDS and THE WHITE MARRIAGE.

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It is wartime and Miranda, little cockney orphan Ted and Roberta (Bobbie) have been evacuated to an old-fashioned household in the country. Despite the war, the children's time spent with two unmarried sisters at their rectory is idyllic and turns their underprivileged lives into something very near heaven.

But when the local Committee for Evacuation objects to the spinsters' attempt to adopt all three children, it is Bobbie who is reluctantly sent away to grow up in very different circumstances. And before long, all three children who have come to think of themselves as a family are parted - seemingly forever.

After the war, and purely by chance, the three are reunited. Miranda, now a beautiful model, wonders whether she is in love with Teddy, who has become an aspiring young photographer. But Teddy can only think of her as his sister, having fallen for Bobbie, who has given her heart to the mysterious Julian during a halcyon summer by the sea. There are many intriguing complications and hearts are destined to be broken before a dramatic conclusion can be reached.

Award-winning novelist Charlotte Bingham has enchanted readers with a series of bestsellers, including the highly acclaimed Love Song, The Kissing Garden and The Love Knot. Set around the Second World War, The Blue Note is a captivating novel that confirms Charlotte Bingham as one of our best-loved storytellers.