The Bellbird River Country Choir by Sophie Green is a delightful, feel-good story set in the small country town of Bellbird River in NSW. From the Top Ten bestselling author of The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle and Thursdays at Orange Blossom House, it tells of the importance of community, and friendships forged from the camaraderie of singing in a choir.
Bellbird River, 1998:Teacher and single mum, Alex, has escaped the city along with her young daughter, Kim, with whom she hopes to reconnect. Looking for a change of pace, she has chosen to move to the small NSW country town of Bellbird River.
Also back in town is well-renowned opera singer, Gabrielle, who has moved in with her cousin, the town’s well-known matriarch, Victoria. Both find themselves at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives.
Other inhabitants of the town, local baker, Janine, and newcomer to the district, Debbie, are both finding life difficult as they attempt to deal with the consequences of painful pasts.
Bellbird River could merely be one of those old country towns that provide pit stops for travellers with more exciting destinations in mind. It does, however, house many interesting and talented residents, AND, many more secrets and surprises.
ALSO, the town has a heart! It is The Bellbird River Country Choir.
With the love of music, coupled with the joy of singing, and the support of friends, both old and new, will each of the women will be able to find the courage to leave their pasts behind?
Another beautifully written and compassionate novel about women, in particular, discovering their own strengths and purposes in life.
Rather than dealing with the complexities of city life, these characters are coping with the somewhat different issues of life in a small town. And deal with them they do, as the music builds and binds them and raises them to new heights!
A wonderfully endearing must-read for 2022!
ISBN: 9780733647710
The Bellbird River Country Choir is available in paperback, e-book and audiobook.
About Sophie Green
Sophie Green is an author and publisher who lives in Sydney. She has written several fiction and non-fiction books, some under other names. In her spare time, she writes about country music on her website, Sunburnt Country Music. She has been practising yoga since 1993 and teaching since 2002. Sophie’s debut novel, The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club, was a Top Ten bestseller and was shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards for General Fiction Book of the Year 2018, and longlisted for both the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year 2018 and the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction 2018. Sophie Green is internationally published and The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle and Thursdays at Orange Blossom House were also Top Ten bestsellers.
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