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highly recommend this quirky and charming book, especially for music lovers, Within the bigger picture is a love letter to music masters that will touch your heart,

It isand Franks world is changing, He is the owner of a dying vinyl record store located on a rundown street soon to be demolished in the name of progress.
The music world is also changing but Frank is digging in his heals, refusing to move on to the new craze of cds and cassette tapes.
I loved Franks steadfast dedication to vinyl even as his suppliers and customers dwindle,

Ilse Brachman enters Franks life after she faints outside of his shop, Ilse is a mystery, a newcomer to town with an air of sadness, I appreciated how the author kept me hanging with elusive details of Ilses situation and I resisted the temptation to read ahead.
When Frank first sets eyes on Ilse, it appears to be onesided love at first sight though he cant admit it and is awkward beyond belief.
As time goes by, the dynamics change, the ebb and flow of the relationship tease and the touches of humor with tinges of sadness are well written and feel genuine.


The story methodically moves between present and past when Frank is raised by his single mother Peg, a free spirit who passed on to Frank her intense passion for music.
Franks reflections on this past make for some emotional moments, Thanks to Random House and Netgalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review, Rachel Joyce's books are so well written for "modern novels", I enjoyed this slow romance between Frank and Ilse and music of all genres, There is even a playlist on Spotify to accompany the story's musical threads! What a delightful and enjoyable read "The Music Shop" by Rachel Joyce is!
It doesn't demand constant attention or keep you awake at night, it's just a lovely nostalgic story that makes you feel so happy when reading it, it's almost like you're floating through the pages though the ending did have me in emotional goosebumps.

"The Music Shop" is a very character driven novel, Set inthe story is about Frank who owns a music shop selling only vinyl records don't mention Cd's!! He knows everything about music and always finds the right album the customers need.
One day a mysterious woman walks into his life German Ilse Brauchmann and from then on everything in his world changes,
There's some really wonderful characters in this fabulous story from the main protagonist Frank everyone needs a Frank in their life to Maud a tattooist who says so little but expresses so much.
I loved the developing relationship between Frank and Ilse and with Kit the endearing naive shop assistant added into the mix, things don't always go to plan.

There's such a lovely community feel to Unity Street where the shop is located, with its multicultural residents and shop keepers living their simple and uncomplicated lives, where every event or change in routine is picked over and analysed in such a humorous and light hearted way.
Customers would go into Frank's shop lost and come out found, having discovered the right music for their troubles and feeling healed.

I really enjoyed reading this book, there's nothing to not like about it without a doubt it's made me feel differently about music and I will certainly be listening to it in a completely new way from now on.

Rachel Joyce is a very talented and established author and I look forward to reading more books by her,
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I picked up The Music Shop at the perfect time! So enjoyable, I laughed I cried it touched me, review to come! Cue up Kool amp the Gangs “Celebration” because Rachel Joyce has written a new novel, which means theres a party goin on right here.


“The Music Shop” is an unabashedly sentimental tribute to the healing power of great songs, and Joyce is hip to greatness in any key.
Her novels catalogue stretches from Bach to the Beach Boys, from Vivaldi to the Sex Pistols, Crank up the turntable and let these pages sing,

The storys hero is “a gentle bear of a man” named Frank who owns a rundown music shop on a back street in England.
His establishment is something between an oldfashioned record store and a walkin therapy clinic, “For the Music You Need!!!” blares a handwritten poster in the window, “Everyone Welcome!!” Inside are two listening booths made from Victorian wardrobes, Thousands of albums are arranged according to,

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"He was perfectly fine with emotions,
so long as they belonged to other people, "

We meet Frank, a gentle bear of a man, Forty and single, his unorthodox upbringing has made him LOVE music, fear intimacy, and know how to listen, He is very patient, and he has boundless empathy, His late mother, Peg, left her house and all her estate to strangers, To Frank, she bequeathed her extensive record collection and her Dansette Major record player,

"Frank knew what people needed even when they didn't know it themselves"

Frank has the uncanny ability to just know what you need to hear.
He diagnoses emotions and finds the perfect music just for you, Always on vinyl Frank doesn't believe in CDs, He employs a clumsy yet endearing young assistant named Kit, "Frank found that if you treated him like a young terrier, sending him out for regular walks and occupying him with easy tasks, he was less liable to cause serious damage".


The story is set in the lates and is located in a decaying side street populated by eccentrics and loners.
There is Father Anthony, an expriest who sells religious trinkets, Maud, a female tattoo artist who has Frank's name tattooed underneath her bra strap, a Polish baker, two brothers who run a funeral parlour, an elderly lady and her dog, and a pub called "England's Glory".


"He couldn't put away the loneliness that swallowed him, "

One ordinary day turned extraordinary when a young woman in a green coat faints outside Frank's music shop,

"There was something about her that was both fragile and incredibly strong",   The day that Ilse Brauchmann came to Unity Street, the dynamic of the street was forever changed, Ilse is thirty. She wears a peagreen coat, she has a delightful German accent, vast dark eyes, and 'always' wears gloves,

Unity Street is being targeted by property developers, The misfits who live there maintain that if they rally together they can be strong enough to see the street through this time of adversity.


I'm not going to tell you any more about the story, Suffice it to say that decrepit as it was, the author made Unity Street a place where you want to live if only to get to know the wonderful assortment of people who inhabit it.


It is a love story, but not in the traditional sense, It is a book that makes you laugh and then, minutes later, weep, Events near the end of the book will make you verklempt, I loved this book and anticipate recommending it to everyone I know,   

The message, or moral, to this story was summed up nicely in this sentence "The human adventure is worth it, after all.
" Rachel Joyce has never failed me yet,  

I received a digital copy of this novel from Random House via NetGalley in expectation of my honest review, .