Saving the Music

WINNER OF THE 2022 AMERICAN FICTION AWARD IN HISTORICAL FICTION.

"A HISTORICALLY BOLD AND DRAMATICALLY LIVELY WAR TALE." - KIRKUS REVIEWS

GOLD MEDAL IN HISTORICAL FICTION - GLOBAL BOOK AWARD

AWARD-WINNING FINALIST IN THE HISTORICAL FICTION CATEGORY AND BEST COVER DESIGN FOR A FICTION NOVEL IN THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS.

"A courageous, emotionally charged, fast paced, gripping historical fiction novel . . . A stirring testament to the strength of the human spirit and the power of music." It is the winter of 1942, and the world is at war. A few Jewish musicians attempt to flee the Nazi death grip, each desperately trying to navigate his own path to safety. With the courageous aid and kindness of strangers, they soon find themselves in Rome, where under the highly secret help of the Vatican, they are hidden in Bellafortuna, a small village in Sicily. The residents of Bellafortuna welcome them and care for them, and for a fleeting moment, the horrors the musicians are facing are forgotten while residing in the beautiful, idyllic landscape of Sicily.

But word soon reaches the small village that Italy has surrendered, now making Germany at war with Italy. War quickly comes to the village as the Germans storm into Sicily to repel the Allied advance. As Bellafortuna becomes front and center in the raging war, the villagers rise as one to try and protect and save the Jews hiding in their midst. Failure to keep them hidden will mean death to those under their protection . . . and perhaps even to the villagers themselves.

An intricately plotted and meticulously researched novel, Saving the Music demonstrates how, in the face of death and unspeakable horror, the strength of the human spirit of ordinary people can shine bright through the darkness.

READERS ARE CAPTIVATED WITH SAVING THE MUSIC, AN ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING WORLD WAR 2 HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL:

"This book touched my heart and soul and had a great impact on my mind that will stay with me and may make it one of my ten best books to read in my lifetime." - Goodreads review
"Never in my years of reading I have found myself crying over a book." - Amazon review
"This outstanding work of historical fiction, addresses the involvement of Pope Pius XII in saving thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. It provides a different perspective than what is frequently heard." - Goodreads review
"Saving the Music is Italian Historical Fiction at its best. A World War 2 novel that is thought provoking and emotional. This novel ranks as one of the best novels on the Holocaust I have read." - Goodreads Review