Classical music fans will relish this read. Anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one will understand the depths of grief portrayed.
Together, the two major themes of glorious sound and unbearable sorrow fuse to create a heartfelt and moving narrative. Readers will be refreshed and renewed by this inspiring and faith-filled story set in Germany during the 1700s.
A Child’s Grief
Heartstrings will immediately be pulled at the book’s beginning, where we find a grieving 13-year-old Stefan Silbermann. An only child, he has lost his mother. Stefan’s father, no doubt grieving himself, sends his son to a distant school, St. Thomas in Leipzig, advising him not to dwell too heavily on his mother’s loss and to embrace a new environment where he can study and learn….