Overture by Vanessa Couchman
What
if you had a unique talent, but everything conspired against your
dreams?
France,
1897. Born to a modest farming family, Marie-Thérèse has a
remarkable singing voice and wants to become a professional singer.
But too many obstacles, including her parents' opposition, stand in
her way. And, through no fault of her own, she makes a dangerous
enemy of the local landlord.
When
the family circumstances change suddenly, Marie-Thérèse and her
mother must move to Paris to work in her aunt's restaurant. Her
ambitions rekindle, but the road to success is paved with setbacks
until a chance meeting gives her a precious opportunity.
She
is close to achieving all her dreams, but the ghosts of the past come
back to haunt her and threaten Marie-Thérèse's life as well as her
career.
Vanessa Couchman is a novelist, short story author and freelance
writer and has lived in an 18th-century farmhouse in
southwest France since 1997. French and Corsican history and culture
provide great inspiration for her fiction. She has written two novels
set on the Mediterranean island of Corsica: The House at Zaronza
and The Corsican Widow. Her third novel, Overture, is
Book 1 of a trilogy set in France between 1897 and 1945. Vanessa’s
short stories have won and been placed in creative writing
competitions and published in anthologies.
Website:
https://vanessacouchmanwriter.com
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Vanessainfrance
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