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  The Music Room: A Memoir (Hardback) By (author) William Fiennes

  

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  Short Description for The Music RoomA bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother.
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  • Publisher: WW Norton & Co
  • Published: 14 September 2009
  • Format: Hardback 215 pages
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  • Categories: Memoirs
  • ISBN 13: 9780393072587 ISBN 10: 0393072584
  • Sales rank: 1,096,002

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• William Fiennes spent his childhood in a moated castle, the perfect environment for a child with a brimming imagination. It is a house alive with history, beauty, and mystery, but the young boy growing up in it is equally in awe of his brother Richard. Eleven years older and a magnetic presence, Richard suffers from severe epilepsy. His illness influences the rhythms of the family and the house s internal life, and his story inspires a journey, interwoven with a loving recollection, toward an understanding of the mind.This is a song of home, of an adored brother and the miracle of consciousness. The chill of dark historical places coexists with the warmth and chatter of the family kitchen; the surrounding landscapes are distinguished by ancient trees, secret haunts, the moat s depths and temptations. Bursting with tender detail, The Music Room is a sensuous tribute to place, memory, and the permanence of love.