La's Orchestra Saves the World
Personally, I didn't like this book. It is set in pre war and then during the Second World War. La is a woman who was educated with a Cambridge degree and I was frustrated that she didn't do anything significant with that degree. A woman with a Cambridge degree in pre war years was just about unheard of and she must have been someone special to achieve one. Yet through the book she doesn't appear to act so well educated.
Without spoiling the plot, she finds herself alone during the war years in a rural community and with enough money to live on. So she volunteers to help the war effort by assisting an elderly farmer with his chickens. Then she also starts an orchestra. There's actually not much written about the orchestra except that everyone loved it. I was past half way in the book before I read about the orchestra being formed. I thought it would take more space in the book, being mentioned in the title. Also I wondered how they could have had decent performances when they only practiced once a month.
The first chapter is significant in the story of the plot. So, when you have finished the book, go back and read the first chapter.
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