Moonlit Eyes/Little White Lies

by EmmaBlair (Author)

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  2009

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  Moonlit Eyes: Islington, the late 1930s. When New York saxophonist Pee Wee Poston is asked to help launch a new jazz club in Soho, he jumps at the chance. Even as Hitler launches his bombing campaign on London, Pee Wee plays on, resolute in his defiance of the air raids. And then, in the middle of tragedy and suffering, a moment of rare beauty blossoms. Pee Wee's son Julius plays one of his father's records, Moonlit Eyes, and asks Ellie to dance ...Little White Lies: Glasgow offers the impoverished Mc Dougall family the chance to change their luck. But the city also possesses hard to resist temptations. Doogie Mc Dougall is exposed to it in the shape of the buxom Daisy. He moved here for the sake of his family's future, but now he's in danger of throwing that future away ...

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  2002

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  When Pee Wee Poston and his wife Beulah are offered the chance to swap New York for London, they jump at the chance. Pee Wee, a highly talented saxophonist, has been asked to help launch a new jazz club in Soho. By accepting, the couple can be close to their son Julius, a high-flying diplomat at the American embassy. The Postons settle in Islington, only to find that some locals dislike having a black family in the area. But from their new neighbours - Albert and Jess Sykes, their daughter Ellie and son Paul - they receive the sort of warm welcome Londoners are known for. Before long, they are firm friends - a commodity which, with war looming, grows more precious by the day. As Hitler launches his bombing campaign on London, Pee Wee and his band play on, resolute in their defiance of the air raids. And then, in the middle of the tragedy and suffering, a moment of rare beauty blossoms. Julius plays one of his father's records, Moonlit Eyes, and asks Ellie to dance...

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  Hardcover
  2002

  $3.27