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Trumpet: A Novel | Jackie Kay
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Jackie Kay's mesmerizing and powerfully moving first novel is about the extraordinary life and seeming dissolution of a family -- about the boundaries of identity and the essential nature of love. At its center is Joss Moody, a celebrated jazz trumpeter who created music that convinced everyone who heard it that they knew the man who made it. But Joss's death has proved them all wrong: Joss Moody lived his life inside a stunning secret. His wife, Millie, had known about it. But their adopted son, Colman, now in his thirties, has just learned of it. With everything he understood about himself and his family thrown into question, Colman forms an uncomfortable alliance with a journalist intent on telling Joss's story her own way. Millie, grieving and besieged by the press, secludes herself in their home in a small Scottish village, sinking into the aching solace of memory. Their two brilliantly realized voices -- one revisiting the past for comfort, the other for answers -- are interwoven with the equally evocative voices of Joss's drummer, of the doctor who discovered Joss's secret, of the funeral director who hid it for the last time, of the registrar of death certificates, and of the journalist. Together they reveal the startling and poignant story of Joss and Millie: how a complex, dazzling lie became the foundation for a family, a life, and a rare, unshakable love. Starkly beautiful, emotionally charged, and wholly unexpected, Trumpet delves into the most intimate workings of the human heart and mind. It is a bravura performance and a triumphant debut. From the Hardcover edition.
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GirlChandler
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Yay! The World Book Club is up! And I actually read the book this time! 😀

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GirlChandler
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(Yes, my kindle‘s name is Asphodel That Greeny Flower.)
Anyone else do the BBC World Book Club? This was the only shot I could get of the cover. It was fantastic! If you read it, try to avoid spoilers (even though the reveal comes early)—it‘s more fun when you nearly drop the book in shock. ;)

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And how could I forget our wonderful Makar?! Poet laureate and #localauthor Jackie Kay 💜 #aprilbookshowers

andrew61 Trumpet is a great read which I should reread although i have red dust road in a pile to read. She was very interesting and moving on desert island discs. 8y
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Lindy
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Jackie Kay: I don't suppose you always wanted to be a politician.
Nicola Sturgeon: I was an odd child, but not that odd.
[later] NS: I spent my 5th birthday party under the table, reading a book, refusing to come out.

Lindy What a treat to watch Scotland's First Minister rave about books & poetry & reading with Scotland's official poet, Jackie Kay! 8y
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