La's Orchestra Saves the World

Alexander Mccall Smith

Knopf Canada, Nov 17, 2009 - Fiction - 256 pages

La's Orchestra Saves the Worldis another delightful story celebrating friendship and the healing power of music, told with the warmth and charm we've come to love from this favourite storyteller.

It's 1939 and the war in Europe casts a long, all-encompassing shadow. In a sleepy town in Suffolk, La, the generous and determined widow, forms an amateur orchestra to entertain the locals and soothe her own broken heart. She recruits Feliks, a refugee from Poland, to play the flute, and a touching friendship emerges. When the war is over and the orchestra disbands, La is left pondering her next move. What role can she play in her community now that the war is over? And can she let herself love again?


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Review: La's Orchestra Saves the World

User Review  - Afaf Finan - Goodreads

Thank you Dianne! How appropriate ~ I am wearing my butterfly ear rings as I receive this and send it on! Thank you much! Edie Dianne Belbeisi wrote: Subject: Re: To My Sister Butterflies From ...

Review: La's Orchestra Saves the World

User Review  - Linda - Goodreads

my real rating would be somewhere between 'OK' and 'Liked it.' I found this book because I wanted to read more about the Home Front during WWII. La, the main character, is one of those passive people ...

About the author

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. He lives in Scotland.


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Bibliographic information

• Title: La's Orchestra Saves the World
• Author: Alexander Mccall Smith
• Publisher: Knopf Canada, 2009
• ISBN: 0307398129, 9780307398123
• Length: 256 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General