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Ebook About From the bestselling author of What the Wind Knows and From Sand and Ash comes a powerful love story about a musical duo who put everything on the line to be together.New York, 1960: For Benny Lament, music is his entire life. With his father’s deep ties to the mob, the Bronx piano man has learned that love and family can get you in trouble. So he keeps to himself, writing songs for other musicians, avoiding the spotlight…until the night his father brings him to see Esther Mine sing.Esther is a petite powerhouse with a gorgeous voice. And when Benny writes a hit song and performs it with her, their collaboration thrusts the duo onto the national stage…and stirs up old issues and new scrutiny that the mob—and Benny—would rather avoid.It would be easier to walk away. But the music and the woman are too hard for the piano man to resist. Benny’s songs and Esther’s vocals are an explosive combination, a sound that fans can’t get enough of. But though America might love the music they make together, some people aren’t ready for Benny Lament and Esther Mine on—or off—the stage.Book The Songbook of Benny Lament: A Novel Review :
I can’t describe how it feels being able to see myself in one of Amy’s characters. From the shape of her eyes, lips and color of her skin—Esther Mine is ...me. I am so honored to have gotten the privilege of being a sensitivity reader for her.This love story is not sunshine and rainbows. Set in the 1960’s, it definitely wasn’t a favorable time for black people, and especially interracial love. Amy brought us a love so pure, fierce and brutally honest. I am so in love with Benny Lament, that I really can’t fault Esther for falling in love with my man (lol). He was so protective over her, and loved her with his whole self. Benny didn’t care what anyone thought, and just knew that he had to “write a song for her”, and that’s just what he did.Amy didn’t shy away from the hard areas in this book. She writes with such realness and transparency that is refreshing. It’s gritty and painful, but oh the silver lining of hope that she paints with broad strokes in Benny & Esther’s love. It’s truly incredible!I love Benny’s voice, and this story being in his pov. He’s so real and honest in his fears, and also his intense love for Esther. He is definitely in my top 5 book boyfriends list.I love the Motown feel of the music, and the nod Amy gives to some of the greats that paved the way in the soul music genre. I loved the mobster feel to this story, and that we got to experience Benny’s Italian heritage from the Bronx.This love story “strummed my pain with its fingers”, but if I had one take away it would be this: It’s a quote Esther said that will stay with me forever.“If you want people to change, you have to show them what it looks like.”Benny and Esther do this and more. Thank you Amy for continuing to give us the treasure of your words. They are truly a balm to the aching soul. I know already that this book will be one of my most favorite reads of this year. If I could give this a million stars, I would!I have read a lot of authors in my many years, but I cannot think of very many who have managed to sweep me up so completely in their stories the way Amy Harmon does. She has this magical ability to make her stories leap off the pages and wrap themselves around you so fully, you feel like you are living and breathing in them right along with the characters. So, when they are happy, you are deliriously happy too. And when they are suffering, you feel like nothing is ever going to make it better again. But somehow, Amy does make it better, and even though tough things, bad things, sad things happen, you make it through and find a way to smile at the beauty she pulls out of the scenes, even when they are in the darkest of moments.Benny Lament and Esther Mine are two characters that will stay with me for a very long time. I cheered so hard for these two people to find love and happiness. To find acceptance and tolerance. It is not much to ask for, but society very often has a different opinion on what tolerance and acceptance looks like.“You wanna change the world, you gotta show ‘em what it looks like.” ~Esther MineAmy presents this story in a uniquely refreshing way. First, through a radio interview between Benny Lament and Barry Gray of The Barry Gray show on WMCA Radio. It was delightful to see this seasoned radio DJ be somewhat in awe of Benny and what he has accomplished. And from there, the chapters segue directly into what Barry and Benny had just been discussing, and the reader is gifted with seeing everything play out from Benny’s point of view. It was fascinating to see inside Benny’s head and heart, the two things often at war with each other over what the right course of action was. And Esther Mine was right there the whole time, worming her way into Benny’s very soul, until he did not know where he ended, and she started.Family is a huge part of this story. The ones you are born into, the ones you create on your own, and all the complicated baggage that comes along with them. Amy masterfully weaves a complex and interwoven story of two people who never really felt at home in their own families, until they meet each other and begin to see the world in a whole new way.“Chords are like families. The notes go together, and there’s a million combinations.” ~Benny LamentMusic is another huge part of the story, and I was in awe of how Amy wove so much of Benny and Esther’s story into the lyrics of the songs they created. Starting with the unease and distrust of two strangers trying to work together, to the gradual progression of their comfort and affection, to the banter and sass that came from their obvious love and trust in each other. Their relationship plays out just as much through the songs they wrote and performed as it was being told to us by Benny.“I love you, Benny Lament.”“I love you too, Baby Ruth.”One of the things I love the most about Amy’s books is that she takes real life events and manages to weave them into her fictional stories. More times than I can count I hurried to my computer to Google something, only to remember this story is not real. Yes, some of the characters, events and situations of the time could be looked up, but as Amy warns us in her afterward, do not fall down that rabbit hole! And to be honest, I like Amy’s versions of events way better than real life, hence the reason I love to read fictional stories.I really could wax poetic about this book forever. As always, Amy has left me speechless, over emotional and wishing for a thousand more pages of Benny and Esther’s story. The entire time I was reading, I could clearly see this book being made into a major motion picture. 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