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Unbidden Melody

by Mary Burchell

Mary loved music more than anything else in the world, so she was thrilled to land a job as secretary to a famous musical impresario. Through her job she found herself meeting all sorts of interesting people - Oscar and Anthea Warrender, the composer Marc Bannister - and travelling to glamorous places like Paris and Amsterdam. But it was another matter when she found herself becoming involved with one of her boss's clients, the celebrated opera singer Nicholas Brenner. Mary had always adored him from afar, and soon found him just as adorable in person. But where would that get her? She was in his world, it was true, but not really of it. How could she hope to compete with the sort of woman who really was a part of Nicholas's life, like the beautiful and determined Suzanne Thomas?

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?