Song of Hartgrove Hall (Solomons) - Book Reviews

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A delightful, moving, utterly believable family saga.
Times (UK)


[A] tender, lyrical novel of family and fame.
Sunday Express (UK)


Combines exceptional prose and absorbing story-telling with grace and beauty, and is still a page-turner.
Record (UK)


Solomon’s reliably lush prose holds its own.
Cleveland Plain Dealer


Part East of Eden, part Far From the Madding Crowd, The Song of Hartgrove Hall finds Solomons hitting perfect pitch in this symphony—sometimes sweet, sometimes bitter, always entrancing—of life.
Richmond Times-Dispatch


A lush, historical story with plenty of romantic twists set against a musical backdrop.
Parkersburg News & Sentinel


The perfect mid-winter read, especially if you’re a Downton Abbey fan.... This novel spans decades, and includes a great British manor house and characters.... Whether you’re already a fan or a newcomer, this story will capture your mind and heart.
Washington Independent Review of Books


Solomons's engaging novel is the story of the three Fox-Talbot brothers, who return to their ancestral home after World War II to find their world in flux.... Devotees of television's Downton Abbey will be drawn in by this novel's historical detail and emotional story line. —Catherine Coyne, Mansfield P.L., MA
Library Journal


A composer looks back on [his] life.... The main source of suspense is how these reversals of fortune occurred. Despite a clichéd redemptive close, the principal characters are not sympathetic enough, nor does the love affair seem compelling enough, to make us care.
Kirkus Reviews