RaveThe Telegraph (UK)One of this novel’s great pleasures is how snugly Constable sits in the ear of a musical prodigy ... This novel about music is fundamentally about silence; the myriad ways in which female authorship has been erased. Constable is strongest in this darker territory, veering away from the cuter depictions of orphan life in Venice ... Constable’s novel never feels heavy on its historic details; instead, they’re weaved into a captivating narrative that’s as tightly tuned as a thriller.
