- Location(s): New Zealand (Aotearoa)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): late 19th Century
In the award-winning film The Piano, writer/director Jane Campion created a story so original and powerful it fascinated millions of moviegoers. This novel stands independent of the film, exploring the mysteries of Ada’s muteness, the secret of her daughter’s...
- Location(s): Toronto
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Early 20th century
Narrated by Charlie Kilworth, whose birth is an echo of his mother’s own illegitimate beginnings, The Piano Man’s Daughter is the lyrical, multilayered tale of Charlie’s mother, Lily, his grandmother Ede, and their family. Lily is a woman pursued...
- Location(s): Yorkshire, England
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The Piano Raft is an unforgettable, heart-warming story about love, a piano and a hand-built raft that will have you enthralled, laughing and sitting on the edge of your seat as you sail (precariously) upon the rivers and canals...
- Location(s): South Africa
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Who picked up whom? Is the pickup the illegal immigrant desperate to evade deportation to his impoverished desert country? Or is the pickup the powerful businessman’s daughter trying to escape a priveleged background she despises? When Julie Summers’ car...