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    The Keeper of Secrets: A Novel

    By Julie Thomas

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    Beautiful and mysterious, The Keeper of Secrets by Julie Thomas follows a priceless violin across generations—from WWII to Stalinist Russia to the gilded international concert halls of today—and reveals the loss, love, and secrets of the families who owned it.
     
    In 1939 Berlin, 14-year-old Simon Horowitz’s world is stirred by his father's 1742 Guarneri del Gesu violin. When Nazis march across Europe and Simon is sent to Dachau, he finds unexpected kindness, and a chance to live.
     
    In the present day, orchestra conductor Rafael Gomez finds himself inspired by Daniel Horowitz, a 14-year-old violin virtuoso who refuses to play. When Rafael learns that the boy's family once owned a precious violin believed to have been lost forever, Rafael seizes the power of history and discovers a family story like no other.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMay 28, 2013
    ISBN9780062240316
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    Julie Thomas

    Julie Thomas is the author of the highly acclaimed The Keeper of Secrets, Rachel's Legacy and Levi's War. She worked in the media in New Zealand for over 25 years in radio, television and film, before turning to full-time writing. She lives in Cambridge, New Zealand.

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    • 4/5
      This book is definitely a page turner, there are some parts that are heavy in musical lingo, but even for the non-musical reader the novel is still captivating and enjoyable. It is the story of a valuable violin as it passes through families during the Holocaust, Cold War Russia, and present day. Definitely an interesting and different perspective for a novel based in these time periods. I loved the characters and their interconnections. I recommend The Keeper of Secrets, I didn't want it to end.
    • 4/5
      This is a beautiful book.....filled with hope and joy and sadness . A story of a family and all it endures thru the years...a story of a boy's hope and his love. There is good character empathy and you wanted to know more about this family,. Hopefully there will be another book for them.