{"product_id":"the-song-cannot-be-silenced-aldon-law-9781036989613","title":"The Song Cannot Be Silenced","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis novel is about identity, belonging, and voicelessness. It explores the concept of bravery, and shows how heroism can come in many forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat can one do when faced with circumstances beyond one's control, when everything seems to conspire to entrap? When there's no way out? How can anyone find a voice when history, guilt, family and circumstance have taken it away?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean, a post-traumatic survivor of the Somme, is trapped by his Québecois accent, which would betray his desertion and compromise his rescuer, Marie, a refugee from the front line. Katarin, a journalism student in London, on a Joint Study Programme from Brittany, is trapped by her writing expertise and her intractable stammer, until Jamie, a shy young man from a West End theatre crew, befriends her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis startling debut novel, a multi-generational historical fiction, an extended family saga, and a recent Finalist in the \u003cem\u003ePen Masters Global Literary Awards for Literary Excellence, \u003c\/em\u003e grapples with a desperate sense of inevitability, while showing that bravery may sometimes be exhibited in unexpected ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aldon Law\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1036989615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781036989613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holmview Green Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.80d","brand":"Aldon Law","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49148639740159,"sku":"9781036989613","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-song-cannot-be-silenced-aldon-law-9781036989613","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}