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Sometimes all you need is a well-written, beautiful story that makes you feel good. This is exactly what The Lost Love Song, Minnie Darke’s new novel, is.

Minnie Darke

Diana Clare sat down at her piano and poured all her feelings for Arie Johnson into the keys. The song became the love song, one so aptly named for the overwhelming wave of yearning it aroused in listeners. This song travelled the world ear-to-ear and heart-to-heart, evolving across various instruments and genres. It brought people together and gave them hope for something more.

Threaded with interludes of familial, young and long-sought emotion, The Lost Love Song is a story of love, loss, and love after loss. It captures exactly what it means to open your heart to possibility and embrace the good in life before it’s too late. Music and poetry work hand in hand to weave this story together so beautifully, resulting in a bittersweet tale which definitely satisfies a want of a happy ending.

Minnie Darke’s prose flows effortlessly through the story’s crescendos and decrescendos, exploring the full range of human emotion, from love to grief. The lyrical writing perfectly illustrates Darke’s ability to create soul-searching stories that are kept light with hope. This is a story of second chances, of learning how to live again and of finding your perfect harmony.

I adored this story and cannot recommend it enough to anyone who loves to be in love.

The Lost Love Song

by Minnie Darke

This is the story of a love song . . . And like any good love song, it has two parts.

In Australia, Arie Johnson waits impatiently for classical pianist Diana Clare to return from a world tour, hopeful that after seven years together she’ll finally agree to marry him. On her travels, Diana composes a song for Arie. It’s the perfect way to express her love, knowing they’ll spend their lives together . . . Won’t they?

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