Overview

At four years old, Caroline Sanderson fell in love with the music of Mozart after listening to it with her father. At eight, she fell even harder for the songs of David Bowie. Her dad made many gentle attempts to persuade her back to his world of classical music, but it wasn’t until after he died that she returned to it, in memory of him. In a beguiling blend of memoir and biography, we follow Sanderson as she set out to listen, with great care and attention, to the music her dad loved, to work out why he so appreciated it and whether she could too. From hearing Mozart recitals in Salzburg to visiting Sibelius’ house near Helsinki and playing Robert Schumann at home on the piano, this is a beautifully touching and absorbing story of a beloved father, told through the classical music he cherished.

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9781789652055

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Reviews

'Tender, informative, and deliciously readable, here is a love song to classical music, and the man who taught his daughter how to listen' Rachel Joyce, author of The Music Shop 'Such a personal and heartfelt memoir of grief, warm and insightful in its exploration of how music mediates memory and carries the power to heal' Polly Morland, author of A Fortunate Woman 'Through the lens of classical music and a father-daughter relationship, this captivating and eloquent book investigates families, grief, missed opportunities and how the spirit of one generation is carried forward into the next' Alice Jolly, author of Dead Babies and Seaside Towns 'For anyone intimidated by classical music, the easy, powerful writing of Listen With Father will make you laugh and cry – and listen' Jane Bailey, author of Stay

Author Information

Caroline Sanderson began her career as a bookseller and later worked in publishing before becoming a freelance writer and books journalist. She compiles monthly non-fiction previews for The Bookseller magazine, where she is associate editor. She is also programme director of Stroud Book Festival and a Royal Literary Fund writing-for-life fellow, supporting writing skills within the NHS. In 2024 she was appointed honorary president of the Society of Indexers. The author of six non-fiction books, she is married with two twenty-something children and lives in Gloucestershire in a house with too few bookshelves. Music was her first love and will quite possibly be her last.

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