Celebrated pianist, conductor, and composer Peter Duchin has been providing music for U.S. presidents, society galas, and charity events for more than 30 years. Now, in this compelling autobiography, Duchin offers both a poignant personal memoir and a fascinating account of life on the road with the
Memoirs of a ghost.
โ Scribed by G. W. STONIER
- Publisher
- [publisher not identified]
- Year
- 1947
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
'The Blitz!' It's the winter of 1940 and the Germans led by Adolph Hitler have shifted their Luftwaffe air force bombing attacks on England's shipping ports to civilian targets in and around London during nights.
John Wethered can hear the whistling bombs dropping from the sky as he carries his tray across the room, but this time the target is the building John is standing in. As he sits the tray down everything collapses around him, and then darkness ensues. As light returns he quickly discovers he is pinned under a fallen beam. But wait a moment... this is a bit more extensive than simply being physically held under a heavy weight. "I'm dead!" Dead, yet now realizing he is still conscious, thinking and observing.
He has died and now he's a ghost. A very confused and overwhelmed ghost, entering into a strange, intensely surreal London existence, where he can still be seen by some and interact with the living. What type of dream-world is this, where one has passed on yet appears to be alive at times. And what has time become in which John seems to be traveling in limbo from moments to forever...?
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488 pages ; 23 cm