Bøger af Jonathan Rush

Australian schoolgirl, Win Marshall, has a rare musical talent. Studying in England under one of the world's leading pianists, known simply as, Solomon, her days are filled by her teacher's exhausting and bizarre teaching methods. Win's excitement grows as her concert debut nears, but it is 1939 and the clouds of war darken London's skies. Despite the danger, Win continues her studies and in the bustle of a city at war she meets a dashing young Frenchman, part of the French Resistance. Win is far too busy with her music to take much notice of him, yet when the young man unexpectedly returns from Paris with a bottle of Win's favourite perfume, Jicky, her heart begins to unlock. Based on a true story, A Remarkable Stillness, scales the heights of love and music as two brave young people refuse to be overcome by the terrors of war and dare to hope for a better life together when the world is at peace again.

In 1806 William MacKay and his wife, Jane Scobie, together with their six children left the Scottish Highlands for Canada's Prince Edward Island. A reluctant Jane had finally realised that their venal clan chief would betray the MacKays. Little did she know that her family's journey would finish seventy years later in Australia, living in one of the country's grandest mansions. Set against the violent backdrop of the expanding British Empire, the family is held together by succeeding generations of remarkable women who unflinchingly endure the hardships of frontier life.The MacKays' eventual success illustrates how courage and determination can triumph against the odds but comes at a cost to themselves and their compatriots.