Little Wonder

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Beschreibung

<p>AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK 2026</p><p><b>Discover the beautiful and uplifting novel about a musical prodigy and his mother forced to spend years searching for each other, the perfect holiday read for fans of Delia Owens's <i>Where the Crawdads Sing</i>, Kristen Hannah and Clare Leslie Hall.</b></p><p><b>'I was riveted ... A novel to remember' </b>Oprah Winfrey</p><p><b>'A tender, heartfelt novel about love, loss, and the enduring power of a mother's love' </b>Kristin Hannah, #1 bestselling author of <i>The Women</i></p><p>---</p><p><b>Song is a nobody - just a food delivery worker from a village in Northeastern China-but her son, River, is a little wonder.</b></p><p>At the age of three, he toddled to a piano and tapped out his favourite song. At five, he mastered Liszt's three <i>Liebesträume</i>; at eight, he blazed through the complete set of Chopin's études. And at every step, through loss, illness and poverty, Song has been there to light his way-until finally, at the age of eleven, River is invited to study with a preeminent teacher in Beijing.</p><p>But in the chaos of Beijing Railway Station on the busiest day of the year, Song faces every mother's nightmare: she loses her grip on River's little hand and is unable to find him after a desperate, harrowing search.</p><p>Over the next days, weeks, and eventually, years, Song and River fight to forge a path back to each other as they carve out new lives that carry them farther apart. An evocative exploration of a mother's love and a son's yearning, <i>Little Wonder</i> takes us on an extraordinary journey through a modern Beijing that pulses with the music of humanity and its impossible-and impossibly brave-hopes.</p><p><b>As every musician knows: You start in one key. You wander to other keys, strange and distant places. But in the end, you always come back home.</b></p><p>Praise for <i>Little Wonder:</i></p><p><b>'Keep something handy to dry your eyes' </b>Charmaine Wilkerson, bestselling author of <i>Black C

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241845516

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

232 x 157 x 30 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)