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During the Second World War, Eastenders Miranda and Ted are sent to the country with another young evacuee, Roberta (Bobbie), to live with two unmarried sisters in their idyllic rectory. The time they spend with Aunt Sophie and Aunt Prudence turns their underprivileged lives into something very near to Heaven: gathering wool from hedgerows, initiating do and mend campaigns, and trotting about the countryside with Tom Kitten, Aunt Prudence’s pony. But when the Committee for Evacuation object to the women’s efforts to adopt all three of them, it is Bobbie who is sent away to live with the Dingwalls in very different circumstances. And when the aunts die, Miranda, Tom and Bobbie – who have come to regard themselves as a family unit – are eventually parted, seemingly forever. The three find each other after the war, and Miranda, now a beautiful young model, falls in love with grown-up Ted Mowbray, but unfortunately he can only think of her as a sister. In turn, he loves Bobbie, who can only think of him as her brother, having already met her beloved Julian during a summer by the sea in Sussex. Necessarily there are many intriguing complications, and all hearts are destined to be broken before a satisfactory emotional climax can be reached.
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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.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a novel so heartbreaking........so touching it kept me glued to the pages just anticipating the outcome for these wonderful characters.
The novel is centred around three orphans: Teddy, Roberta, and Miranda, and as it is wartime in England, they are sent to Somerset to the adoptive care of two spinster sisters; Aunt Sophie and Aunt Prudence, living at a rectory. Although there is a war going on, their life with the sisters is idyllic and they are made to feel wanted and loved....more secure than they have ever imagined.
However, all good things soon come to an end, as the Committee for Evacuation moves in and Roberta is sent to another home.....seperating her from all the people she holds dear to her heart.
Life goes on and after the war the three meet under rare circumstances. Miranda is now a model and Teddy a Photographer. Roberta is working in Advertising. They have all changed tremendously, but the ties that bound them as youngsters, are ever present and the friendship continue from where they left off. See the stories they exchange with each other and where life takes them from this point.
A wonderful gift for an avid reader. I gave it five stars. *****
Reviewed by Heather Marshall (nettle-girl)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After enjoying "The Chesnut Tree" by Charlotte Bingham, I was really eager to more by her. The next book that I choose was "The Blue Note" and have admitt that I was not that impress with it. Ms. Bingham seem to spend most of her time focusing on the two main female characters, while not doing much with the main male character. To be honest, if this had been my first Charlotte Bingham book it more than likely had been my last.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
"The Blue Note" by Charlotte Bingham was the second book that I had read by author and I have to that I was a little disappointed. I found the pace of the book to be little to slow for me. Also I felt that the attention was really focus on the two main female characters, very little about the main male character.
While I'm sure that fans of Ms. Bingham, will truly enjoy this book, I did not.
While I'm sure that fans of Ms. Bingham, will truly enjoy this book, I did not.
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I got to page 464 and was still waiting for it to start...
I can't really fault this book for any particular reason, but like a marriage gone imperceptibly stale, something isn't right. Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2000
A good plot marred by irritating dialogue
I should have enjoyed this book a lot more than I did. The plot is interesting, the settings and background well researched. Read more
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