Fresh Water for Flowers’, by Valérie PerrinĤ8. ‘Come Rain or Come Shine’, by Jan Karonĥ1. ‘How to Raise an Elephant’, by Alexander McCall Smithĥ6. ‘The Joy and Light Bus Company’, by Alexander McCall Smithĥ9. ‘A Song of Comfortable Chairs’, by Alexander McCall SmithĦ0. ‘The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating’, by Elizabeth Tova BaileyĦ1. ‘A Boy Called Christmas’, by Matt HaigĦ3. ‘The Girl who Saved Christmas’, by Matt HaigĦ5. ‘The Art of Racing in the Rain’, by Garth Steinġ. ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’, by Gabrielle ZevinĢ.
‘Father Christmas and Me’, by Matt Haigģ. ‘The Light We Carry’, by Michelle ObamaĤ. ‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret’, by Brian SelznickĦ. ‘The Marriage Portrait’, by Maggie O’FarrellĨ. ‘Oops Pounce Quick Run!’, by Mike Twohyġ0. ‘Mexican Gothic’, Silvia Moreno-Garciaġ4.
‘Hana Khan Carries On’, by Uzma Jalaluddinġ7. ‘The Violin Conspiracy’, by Brendan SlocumbĢ0. ‘Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen’, Annabel AbbsĢ1. ‘Bomb Shelter’, by Mary Laura PhilpottĢ3. ‘Send Me Into the Woods Alone’, by Erin PeplerĢ4. ‘The Geometry of Holding Hands’, by Alexander McCall SmithĢ8. ‘The Stranger in the Lifeboat’, by Mitch Albomģ0. ‘The Burgess Boys’, by Elizabeth Stroutģ1. ‘The Storm Whale in Winter’, by Benji Daviesģ3. ‘Fellowship Point’, by Alice Elliott Darkģ4. Having said that, it was beautifully written and very interesting and in the end I think it does deserve the attention it has received.ģ5. You’d think with all that raw material the author could have made the novel into a page turner, but for me it just wasn’t. She obviously became very accomplished on the instrument. See her in the video below, playing The Swan. Clara Rockmore was the love of Termen’s life, but he never married her. He became a reluctant spy, was frustrated by unrequited love, and spent many years in a Siberian gulag upon his return to Russia. He travelled America promoting the instrument he thought might be mass produced. It does look a bit like conducting and of course the title word also refers to the scientist’s love of all sorts of electrical inventions including metal and motion detectors and a listening device used for spying. You move your hands through an electric current between antennas creating an eerie sound. The theremin is a unique instrument because you don’t actually touch it while playing. You get bonus points for knowing what a theremin is without looking it up. Sheldon plays one in an episode of The Big Bang Theory. The book is a fictional account of the life of Lev Termen, Russian scientist, inventor of the theremin, and often referred to as the Thomas Edison of Russia. I was hoping that All my Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews would win this Canadian award, but ‘Us Conductors’ is a well written novel with a fascinating subject. Music critic and blogger Sean Michaels won the Giller prize for this debut novel in 2014.
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