A Half Forgotten Song A Novel
A Half Forgotten Song A Novel by Katherine Webb is published by HarperCollins and was released on May 28, 2013. This original edition spans 496 pages and is written in English. The narrative follows fourteen-year-old Mitzy Hatcher, whose solitary existence on the rugged Dorset coast transforms when the acclaimed artist Charles Aubrey arrives for the summer with his mistress and daughters. As Mitzy becomes entwined with the Aubrey family, her innocent admiration evolves into a deeper, more complex affection over the course of three summers.
Readers will discover a historical tale that delves into themes of love and secrecy, as well as the impact of art on personal relationships. The story shifts from Mitzy’s youthful experiences to a young man’s exploration of the past, sparked by a striking portrait he encounters in an art gallery. This journey leads him back to the Dorset village, uncovering the truths behind the intense emotions and connections formed during those pivotal summers in the 1930s.
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In Half Forgotten Song, fourteen-year-old Mitzy Hatcher’s lonely life on the wild Dorset coast is changed forever when renowned artist Charles Aubrey arrives to summer there with his exotic mistress and daughters.
Mitzy develops a bond with the Aubrey household, gradually becoming Charles’s muse. Over the next three summers, a powerful love is kindled in her that grows from childish infatuation to something far more complex…
Years later, a young man in an art gallery looks at a hastily drawn portrait and wonders at its intensity. The questions he asks lead him to a Dorset village and to the truth about those fevered summers in the 1930s.
With Sunday Times bestselling novel Half Forgotten Song, Katherine Webb spins a historical tale of long kept secrets and obsessive love that fans of Kate Morton and Susanna Kearsley are sure to love.
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