The War Pianist Quotes

“The Lyons on the Strand is one of the flagship tea houses, and for tuppence a cup you can sit among the splendour and bustle of its many floors, pretending you’re in an exclusive hotel on the Côte d’Azur, with the promise of a sumptuous bed rather than another night on a hard station platform.”
― Mandy Robotham, The War Pianist

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― Mandy Robotham, The War Pianist

“On her way to the sandwich shop, Marnie notes with sadness that a hole has been gouged in one of the crescents of white Regency houses at the end of Portland Place, like a perfect set of dentures with one tooth plucked out. And yet two doors away, a man patiently pushes a lawnmower up and down the front garden. He’s heard you, Winston – keep calm and carry on. Silly as it sounds, she feels as if the scene”
― Mandy Robotham, The War Pianist

“Raymond stands and puts a reassuring hand on her shoulder. ‘If you need a decent funeral director, I’ve got a name.’ Of course he has. She has to face it. There’s no one else to help, and Marnie doesn’t expect her parents will travel down to London for the funeral. They were fearful before Hitler’s blitzkrieg, and still terrified more than four hundred miles to the north. Only she and her cousin, Susie, are left in London. Grandad’s diaries and order books went up in smoke, so there’s little chance of contacting even his best customers. Besides which, who has the will amid this chaos to attend the funeral of their tailor? At”
― Mandy Robotham, The War Pianist

“In the corridors of Broadcasting House, there was a steady bustle as the Ministry of Information paired with the BBC to uphold the truth across nations (or the government’s version of the truth). The”
― Mandy Robotham, The War Pianist