Book description
'You have to search for the key to the song of your life and when you
find it, don't let it go.'
Fourteen year old Solomon lives for adventures with his cousin Ze,
his dog Duke and above all, to sing and play the piano, for which he
has a rare gift. But when life in the idyllic mountains of the Serra
dos Orgaos is shattered by injustice, the family is uprooted to the
slums of Rio de Janeiro. Everything Solomon loves is stripped away and
life seems worthless.
Growing up at 'Goodnight', her family's vast cattle ranch in Montana,
Kiera Kavanagh dreams of finding the love of her life - the key to her
song. But the untimely deaths of two people close to her leave her in
turmoil and questioning her romantic teenage notions.
Born on the same day, thousand of miles apart, will these two young
lives find a love that overcomes their suffering, discovering who they
are meant to be, and each other?
Solomon's Song is a beautiful debut novel, interlacing the lives of
many vividly drawn characters across continents and cultures.
Sarah de Carvalho left her television career to work in
the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and in 1993 founded the Happy Child
Mission, which works to rescue street children in Belo Horizonte,
Brazil. She has since returned to the UK where she lives with her
children and works on the board of Happy Child
