Defying land developers and CD–pushing record reps, Frank eschews alphabetical and genre-based organizational systems in favor of delightfully placing Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons,” ABC’s “The Lexicon of Love,” and Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” in the same bin-after all, each is a concept album. After Peg’s death, Frank opens his store in a small cluster of shops. By the time he was a teen, he was teaching his mother, Peg, about João Gilberto, Joni Mitchell, and Van Morrison. The son of a music-obsessed mother, Frank grew up learning about Beethoven’s silences, Vivaldi’s funeral, Bach’s eyes, and Miles Davis’ sly sense of humor. Stocking only vinyl in his London music shop, Frank Adair has the ability to select the perfect song to ease each customer’s spiritual crisis. Another earlier book The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was nominated for the Booker Prize and she won the National Book Award as the new writer of that year. I had read another book by Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson’s Beetle, and I was pleasantly surprised by the book. Highly recommended – 4.8 out of 5.0 stars 4.8 The plot evolves in an ironic twist and a satisfying ending. But,i t is also a love story about two lost people bound by a shared interest in music. Joyce introduces us to a series of characters who are touched by Frank’s caring and his vinyl music shop becomes a hidden haven for a few. It is a story about ordinary people who strive for dignity and their guru is Frank who provides musical therapy in the form of albums selected to match each person’s needs.
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