Lea
(Book)

"First published in Germany in 2007 by Carl Hanser Verlag."--Title page verso.

"First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Atlantic Books, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd."--Title page verso.

From the author of the international bestseller Night Train to Lisbon, a riveting novel about a father's boundless love for his daughter as her obsessive desire to become a concert violinist drives them both to the brink of destruction.

Martijn van Vliet's daughter, Lea, cuts herself off from the world after the death of her mother. She is brought back to life by the sound of a violin playing in the hall of a train station. Lea vows to learn the instrument and her father promises to do everything and anything in his power to keep her happy. Her all-consuming passion leads her to become one of the finest players in the country. But as her fame blossoms her relationship with her father withers, and Martin is driven to commit an act that threatens to destroy them both.