"In this contemporary novel, widowed orchestral violinist Isabel Delancey finally finds true serenity and love only when she loses what she thought she needed most"-- Isabel Delancey, a classical violinist, has always taken her comfortable life for granted. When her husband's sudden death leaves her with a mountain of debt, she and her two children are forced to abandon their home and move to the Spanish House, a now-dilapidated manor Isabel inherited in the English countryside. With the house falling down around them, and the last of her savings disappearing fast, Isabel turns to her neighbors for help. But her mere presence there has stirred up long-standing obsessions. As she fights to make her house a home, Isabel will discover an instinct for survival she never knew she had-- and that a heart can play a new song. -- adapted from back cover Provided by publisher.

"First published in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton, a Hachette Livre UK company, 2008."