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25%OFFSara Lovestam - WONDERFUL FEELS LIKE THIS - 9781760292072 - V9781760292072
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WONDERFUL FEELS LIKE THIS

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Description for WONDERFUL FEELS LIKE THIS Paperback. Passing bya retirement home on her way from yet another awful day at school, she hears a familiar song playing through an open window. An old man is playing her musical idol Povel Ramel - a quirky jazz musician from the 194s -and it sparks a new stage in her ife. The man's name is Alvar and just like Steffi, he has a huge interest in music. Before long he starts telling his story.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
A feel-good story of an unconventional friendship between an old retired jazz musician and a young girl who is trying to find her place in the world. What can a bullied teenager learn from an old man spending his days in a retirement home? For a start, she'll learn that it ain't got a thing, if it ain't got that swing... Passing by a retirement home on her way from yet another awful day at school, she hears a familiar song playing through an open window. An old man is playing her musical idol Povel Ramel - a quirky jazz musician from the 1940s - and it sparks a new stage of her life. The man's name is Alvar and just like Steffi, he has a huge interest in music. Before long he starts telling her his story. In his youth, as the Second World War tore across Europe, he travelled to Stockholm. Young, innocent and quite naive, Alvar began his life in the big city, struggling to become a famous jazz musician. Or at least someone who was in a band. Or at the very least someone who could dance the jitterbug and talk to girls. Intrigued and inspired by Alvar's story, Steffi spends more and more time at the retirement home, learning about jazz and forgetting about school. She begins to realize that she doesn't have to be the Steffi other people know; instead, as Alvar did, she can recreate herself through music.

Product Details

Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
St Leonards, Australia
ISBN
9781760292072
SKU
V9781760292072
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Ref
99-50

About Sara Lovestam
Sara Loevestam used to teach Swedish to immigrants and is a freelance journalist. In 2009 she won the Bok-SM award for her first novel, Udda. Wonderful Feels Like This is Sara's first novel to be published in English.

Reviews for WONDERFUL FEELS LIKE THIS
I know of no writer who can make me so genuinely happy as Sara Loevestam does... And if I'm ever asked what is the best book I've ever read, I will definitely answer: Wonderful Feels Like This.
Annika Koldenius
A well written, warm and cosy story about how unexpectedly you can find a friend when you most need one.
Stefan Holm
Varmland Folkblad
Loevestam is a musical writer, with such an eye on language and storytelling that she can do almost anything she wants... She writes with the perfect pitch.
Malin Persson Giolito
Amelia
Empathy, identity, and the transformative power of music bind this tale of an atypical friendship between a teenage outcast and a jazz musician.
Publishers Weekly
Sensitive and deeply moving: outstanding.
Kirkus Reviews
Wonderful Feels Like This is a gifted and moving novel, elegantly translated from the Swedish... Lovestam can make difficult narrative feats look easy (the way she can sketch character so economically, using only a few telling brushstrokes, is especially engaging) and the sharply observed central relationship draws you into its poignancy and quiet heroism.
Sydney Morning Herald
There is much naive charm to be found in this story of a young girl who finds both a new friend and the hope for a new life through her growing interest in jazz... this is a loving, quietly charming... portrayal of jazz as a music which salves the soul of a misfit, brings her friendship and a sense of camaraderie and connects the future with the past.
Glasgow Sunday Herald

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