The War Pianist

The War Pianist was the third book that I have read by Mandy Robotham. Little had I realized before reading The War Pianist that a pianist during World War II was “a person who operates or controls a radio transmitter- often in code”. I had never heard that title used for radio transmitters before r......more

Well who knew that a pianist in Ww1/2 is a controller or operator of a radio transmitter, tapping Morse fast as if playing a lively tune on a piano?? It’s July 1940 and Corrie Bakker in an Amsterdam under Nazi occupation, works for the Resistance. Danger approaches on all sides as she desperately tr......more

Marnie Fern is employed by the British Broadcasting House, her grandfather Gilbert Coop is a tailor and she visits him after work. So far in England there hasnt been any air raids, but when they begin the Luftwaffe drop bombs every night and it's catastrophic. Marnie is devastated when her beloved g......more

I finished this amazing book a few days ago and I have been writing and rewriting my review in my head and I still can't find a way to write it so as not to spoil it for any one who wants to read it! So here goes! " Pianist [ NOUN] Informal. A person who operates or controls a radio transmitter - of......more

July 1940 Marnie Fern works as a production assistant for the BBC in London. She is devasted to hear that her grandfather has been killed while working at his shop. While visiting the ruins, as she wants something to remember him by, she meets Willem who tells her that her grandfather worked for the......more