The Song of Hartgrove Hall by Natasha Solomons

  The Song of Hartgrove Hall: A Novel by Natasha Solomons.
                              Penguin Random House, 2015. Adult fiction.


After the three Fox-Talbot brothers return to their English manor house from WWII, nothing is the same. The gorgeous Russian Jewish singer, Edie Rose, becomes part of all their lives. Chapters alternate between the after-war years and fifty years later as the youngest of the brothers tells of Edie's death. The grandson, Robin, has inherited Edie's talents and is a piano prodigy as a young child. Descriptions are lush and full of details. Family loyalties are tested. Love comes in many ways. And, forgiveness is sweet. If you enjoy this title, you may also want to read The House at Tynford by Natasha Solomons in which a young Jewish Austrian woman hides out as a maid in another manor house and finds unexpected love.