Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Name: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Quintin Jardine
ISBN: 9781445067414

Author: Quintin Jardine

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Published: 08/01/2017

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Once upon a time in what was then reasonably Great Britain, there was a world in which the not too serious business of politics was practised without those people known today, nonsensically, as spin doctors, and without whispers against those who were supposed to be friends, but who were in fact blockages on the ladder of ambition. This book is a wistful recollection of those days. None of it actually happened. But it would be nice to think that it might have.

About Quintin Jardine

Quintin Jardine was born once upon a time in the West - of Scotland rather than America, but still he grew to manhood as a massive Sergio Leone fan. On the way there he was educated, against his will, in Glasgow, where he ditched a token attempt to study law for more interesting careers in journalism, government propaganda, and political spin-doctoring. After a close call with the Brighton Bomb in 1984, he moved into the even riskier world of media relations consultancy, before realising that all along he had been training to become a crime writer. Now, forty novels later, he never looks back.Along the way he has created/acquired an extended family in Scotland and Spain. Everything he does is for them.He can be tracked down through his blog: http://quintinjardine.me

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amanda

This book makes my heart sing because I have Hawaiian readers seeking homesickness relief in my library. The book is inspired by Kamakawiwo'ole. I need more books like this, especially created by islanders, please. But this is a good start.......more

Goodreads review by Nadhira

read this for book bingo!!......more

Goodreads review by Ali

Really beautiful and captivating illustrations are the main selling point in this book. The story is “inspired by” the Somewhere Over the Rainbow song. I should’ve looked closer at the title because I was expecting to be a true story about the song and it’s creation. So I was a little disappointed b......more

Goodreads review by Olivia

See my full review: [URL not allowed] THE GOOD SONG is a book about grief and finding beauty in the world around you. A little boy grows up with a grandfather he loves very much, who has taught him to listen to the beautiful music all around. His grandfather has a heart attack......more

Goodreads review by Beth

'The Good Song' by Alexandria Giardino, pictures by Penelope Dullaghan, combines colorful, powerful illustrations of a family and their time together. The book begins when a little boy is born and proceeds to show his relationship with his grandfather and their closeness. They talk of songs and what......more