Book description
The death of legendary jazz trumpeter Joss Moody exposes an
extraordinary secret. Unbeknown to all but his wife Millie, Joss was a
woman living as a man. The discovery is most devastating for their
adopted son, Colman, whose bewildered fury brings the press to the
doorstep and sends his grieving mother to the sanctuary of a remote
Scottish village. A novel about the lengths to which people will go for
love,
Trumpet
is a moving story of a shared life founded on an intricate lie, of
loving deception and lasting devotion, and of the intimate workings of
the human heart.
‘Jackie Kay makes the unbelievable gloriously real. Trumpet
is a love story and a lament, beautifully told’ Time Out
‘The voices in this tender, compassionate work were still singing in my
head a couple of weeks after I’d finished it’ Observer
‘This book is all about love . . . The qualities of sympathy and
tenderness in the novel make it special and make Kay a writer to
respect’ Guardian
Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh. She is a poet, novelist and writer
of short stories and has enjoyed great acclaim for her work for both
adults and children. She has published two collections of stories with
Picador, Why Don’t You Stop Talking
and Wish I Was Here
, and most recently her memoir, Red Dust Road
. She teaches at Newcastle University, and lives in Manchester.
