Tom fell in love with Alice the moment he saw her. He realises that being with her will not be easy, but she is a force of nature, a burst of sunlight in his otherwise ordinary world.
Some people might look at Alice and think she has everything, but Alice knows she is not like other women. Her life is complicated, unpredictable, difficult. Alice does not like pity. All she wants to do, has ever wanted to do, is sing.
Alice has been told not to follow her dreams. So has Tom. But when fate has already dealt a tough hand, it’s time to stop listening to everyone else and only follow their hearts.
Alice Peterson has always been a favourite author of mine
and her book By My Side has always sat on the top spot. When I read the
synopsis for A Song for Tomorrow I knew this was going to be a deep moving read
so I had my tissues at the ready.
Alice Martineau has always dreamed of becoming a singer but
words from her past have prevented her from chasing her dream but when she gets
yet another rejection from her modelling career she makes the decision to
finally make her dream a reality.
When Tom sets eyes on Alice for the first time it was like
love at first sight and before long a beautiful romance begins to blossom but
can Tom cope with the struggles and unpredictability that Alice deals with on a
daily basis?
I feel as though my heart has been pulled out and ripped
into a thousand pieces and maybe taking this book with me to read whilst having
my hospital treatment was not a good idea judging by the looks I received with
tears running down my face! I haven’t been so moved by a book since reading Me
Before You and because of Alice Peterson’s beautiful and insightful writing
style mixed with the fact that this storyline is actually based on the real
life of the remarkable Alice Martineau fight to achieve her dreams I found this
book more personal and emotional.
As we have come to expect with Alice Peterson’s books the
protagonist has a disability and in this book Alice suffers from Cystic
Fibrosis. The author always explores the conditions of her characters in such
depth and she brings such detailed awareness of how each characters life is
affected by their condition. I was aware of CF but reading this book has opened
my eyes up to the daily struggles that sufferers face. There are many people in
the world who long to become singers and it is an extremely difficult industry
to get in to and yet add to the mix the symptoms of CF with the damage to her
lungs, the constant need to cough and struggle to breathe and yet Alice was
still determined to fight her way to the top and I was routing for her the
whole way through I really wanted to see her achieve her dream as this is
someone who really deserves to make it.
Although this was a really emotive read I found this such a
beautiful and uplifting storyline as Alice brings us many highs as we watch her
on her journey to attempt to become a singer, she is such a strong,
understanding and determined character who grabs life with both hands and will
do everything she can to enjoy each day and push to get what she dreams of. I
found I had such admiration for Alice and her outlook on life can sure teach us
a thing or two.
I loved the relationship between Alice and the loveable Tom,
like any new relationships there are ups and downs as we begin to get to know
one and other but Tom also was learning about CF and the fact that he went out
of his way to read up on the condition when this was a new relationship and
could have walked away showed what a lovely guy he was and how much he adored
Alice I found him really endearing.
The author has put her heart and soul into this novel and it
is felt on each and every page and I can imagine chapter 75 was a difficult one
to write but I had goosebumps reading this chapter as there was so much emotion
put into this and it was just beautiful and this was where I broke.
Since finishing this book my interest has been piqued and I
wasted no time in going online and finding Alice’s album Daydreams and her voice
is liquid gold she really has a strong talent and I hope that what Alice
Peterson has managed to capture in this book will help to introduce this
wonderful woman’s music to many readers to enjoy.
I never believed Alice Peterson would knock my favourite By
My Side off the top spot but this book has achieved that and I am sure this
will be my book of the year 2017 it sure will be an incredibly hard one to beat
but one thing is for sure this storyline will stay with me for a long time as
it has truly captured my heart.
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