The Choir Av Joanna Trollope

<p><b><i>Lose yourself in this absorbing and touching novel about change and the challenge to accept it from multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope. Beautifully written with exquisitely drawn characters and demonstrating a superb ability to understand people and relationships, it is perfect for readers of </i></b><b><i>Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse.</i></b><br><b><br>''A beautifully drawn portrait of Cathedral life'' -- <i>Sunday Express</i></b><br><b>''A modern Barchester Chronicle'' -- <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b><br><b>''Richly satisfying'' --<i> Evening Standard</i></b><br><b>''Another wonderful book, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Joanna Trollope never disappoints'' -- ***** Reader review</b><br><b>''Another tour de force by Trollope'' -- ***** Reader review</b><br><b>''One of those stories that stay with you'' -- ***** Reader review</b><br><b><br>***********************************************************************************</b><br><b>ONLY A MIRACLE CAN UNITE A CONGREGATION IN TURMOIL...</b><br><br>In the gentle precinct of <b>Aldminster Cathedral</b>, crisis looms.<br><br>The urbane and worldly <b>Dean</b> wants nothing so much as to restore and beautify his beloved Cathedral - even if it means sacrificing <b>the Choir School</b> to pay for it.<br><br><b>Alexander Troy, Headmaster of the school</b>, a conscientious man, is determined that nothing and no-one - certainly not the overbearing Dean - should destroy the Choir.<br><br>As the rift widens to take on immense dimensions, many others find themselves caught in the schism - <b>Leo Beckford</b>, brilliant but wayward organist, repelling the adoration of the Dean''s dreadful daughter; the gentle, left-wing Bishop, trying to soothe the angry protagonists; <b>Sally Ashworth</b>, mother of the leading chorister, fighting loneliness and an erring and absent husband...<br><br><b>Each frail and human dilemma takes its part in the greater turmoil of Chapter and Close and the final battle for the survival of the Choir.</b></p>