The Earth Hums in B Flat
The Earth Hums in B Flat is set in Wales in the late 1950s and narrated by twelve and a half year old Gwenni Morgan. Gwenni is not like the other children in her small town. A bookish yet spirited young girl, she is suddenly forced into an unusual situation when a neighbour disappears and no one seems to be asking the right questions. As Gwenni makes her own investigations, she begins to find out more about life than she could ever have imagined. The novel has been described by writers, reviewers and booksellers as “extremely compelling” – “an impressive and wonderfully absorbing debut” – “at times comical, but at other moments deeply moving” – “beautifully lit by a strain of wild poetic imagination” – “[a] magical tale [that] lingers in the memory” – "a beautifully written, loving, witty, moving and joyful book" - click on the links below to find more. In the UK The Earth Hums in B Flat is published by Canongate Books; the audio book is published by W F Howes, and the large print edition is published by Isis Publishing. The Earth Hums in B Flat is also published in the USA and Australia, and translated into Bulgarian, Chinese, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai and Turkish – taking Wales to the World! The Earth Hums in B Flat was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime in April 2009; was selected as one of Waterstone’s New Voices in Spring 2009; and won the Amazon Rising Star award from the Spring 2009 selection. It was shortlisted for The Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2010, and was a finalist for 'Book of the Year - Adult Debut' in the USA's 2010 Indies Choice Book Awards. It was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2011, and shortlisted in Finland for the 2011 Tähtifantasia Award.
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