What readers are saying:"I have read the book, and couldn't put it down. I was very moved by the funeral scene, it made me cry. Congratulations on a deeply moving and personal book." "I couldn't put down down. It was like reality and the real world was a dream." "It made me cry on the train." "I loved the character of Neil -- so human and warm." "Very much enjoyed reading your book -- I would have liked to have known Neil." More readers' comments below. ORDER BELOW 
On 1 October 2009 Fat Frog Books published Music from another Country by Jeremy Fisher. The book was reviewed in the Sydney Morning Herald's Spectrum section of 10 October, 2010, by Kerryn Goldsworthy who described it as "a moving story about masculinity, families and courage". A copy of the full review can be downloaded below.
Gary Dunne says: "Music from another country is a really good read. It's the
story of young Alex uncovering various family secrets, with flashbacks
to both his brother Kieran in Darlinghurst in the early 1990s, and
their grandfather Neil, a Lancaster pilot in World War II. Jeremy deals
with Kieran's HIV death in the same way he deals with the events that
scored Neil his Victoria Cross. Vividly descriptive, his style leads
you to an emotional response, rather than tells you what you should be
feeling. The result is a surprisingly gentle tale, but with an
emotional sting, about the universality of courage and love." Gary's web page is here.
Cover design by Mary Keep. Photo by Frederic Csillag. Book is available from
Better Read than Dead bookshop, Newtown;
Gleebooks, Glebe;
The Bookshop, Darlinghurst;
Macleay Street Bookshop, Potts Point;
The Book House, Noosaville;
Eltham Bookshop, Melbourne;
Charles Darwin University Bookshop, Darwin.
Online orders can also be sent to:
49 Northcote Street Haberfield NSW 2045 Australia using the order form below. Cheques payable to Jeremy Fisher Publishing Services ABN 30 617 885 472 t/a Fat Frog Books.
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 Peg Trompf, Jack Mundey and Mick Tubbs at the launch of Music from another Country at Taylor Galleries, 116 Smith Street, Summer Hill on 10 October 2010 Author Jeremy Fisher and launcher Libby Gleeson AM at the launch More comments from readers:
"I read your book in Parkes and Forbes and then finished it in Condobolin -- I found it hard to put down."
"I finished your book last night and I cried!
Moving, poignant, beautiful writing.
Sad, heartbreaking. I did go and hug my children after I’d finished. They were quite startled. It was after 10pm.
I loved Neil." -- Lisa Heidke, author of Lucy Springer gets even
"Your book is wonderful." Susanne Gervay, author of
I am Jack, Butterflies and That's why I wrote this song
"I've just finished reading your book; still sobbing ... While it might take me a while to reflect on your various themes -- that's a good thing, when a novel generates reflection, isn't it? -- I wanted to let you know that from the diary entries onwards, I couldn't put it down. Congratulations!"
"I thoroughly enjoyed Music from Another Country, and found certain passages in particular especially moving as you evoked the various pains of what somehow already distinctly feels like another era."
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