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B-Sides and Broken Hearts Reviewed By Maria Savva of Bookpleasures.com
- By Maria Savva
- Published November 10, 2011
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Maria Savva
Reviewer Maria Savva : Maria is a lawyer and writer from the UK. She has published four novels and three collections of short stories and she is currently editing her fifth novel. She is also a resident author/moderator for BestsellerBound.com. You can find out more about Maria by following on her WEBSITE.
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Author: Caryn Rose
ISBN: 978-0983502906
Publisher:
Till Victory Press
B-Sides and Broken Hearts is the story of
37 year-old Lisa, who is finding it hard coming to terms with the
death of Joey Ramone, one of her favourite musicians. His death
forces her to think about her life and she finds that she is not
happy. Her relationship with the predictable, Ian, is not the
type of relationship she had envisaged for herself when she was
young. The death of Joey Ramone leads to a torrent of emails
from Lisa’s music-loving friends, and puts her back in touch with
Jake, the singer with a successful band, Blue Electric. Lisa
had been there with Jake and the rest of the band right from the
start when they were unknown and penniless. She watched them
grow into a band that could fill arenas. However, for the past
5 years her relationship with the band has been overshadowed by the
fact that her boyfriend shows little interest in getting to know
them. From the outside, all of Lisa’s friends have always
thought she should have ended up with Jake. None of her friends
like Ian. After Joey Ramone’s death, when Ian fails to
understand why she is so upset, Lisa makes the decision to visit her
old friends in LA. She packs some belongings, mainly CDs for
the journey, and drives all night to revisit her past. Lisa
goes on a journey in this novel, to find the person she really is.
After a tragic relationship when she was younger, she had lost her
way. Will her old friends in LA help her reconnect with the
real Lisa?
This book is about dreams, friends, love,
relationships, and above all it is about music and how music can have
a profound influence on our lives.
I would recommend this book to
anyone who has ever felt that the world had ended because their
favourite band split up, anyone who obsessively waited for new albums
to be released by their favourite bands and spent their last pennies
on gigs and records, anyone who has ever screamed the lyrics to their
favourite songs while driving in their car... This is a book
for dreamers, and reaffirms the importance of believing in your
dreams, and following your heart.
It is well written and
engaging. I found myself feeling sad when I knew that the story
would soon end. The ending is poignant and uplifting at the
same time. This is a must read for music lovers.