The Piano Tuner’s Daughters
Two Sisters, One Journey
This historical drama is based on the lives of my maternal grandparents’, Walter and Winnie and Winnie’s sister the beautiful Francesca.
Encompassing the Boer Wars, the end of the Victorian era and the Titanic tragedy, The Piano Tuner’s Daughters is both an adventure and an Edwardian romance story. Originally published as Whispers through Time in 2019, it now has an updated cover and title as well as having undergone a severe rewrite. I wrote the original as a gift for my Ancestry obsessed sister, not realising she would find me a publisher. The publisher and I parted ways and so the story has been reborn with a face lift, better than ever.
Now as the first book of the Sisters Time Trilogy it is also a then and now story. The mysteries that surrounded Winnie’s life in the past intrigue her real-life grand-daughter, Heady, who tries to unravel them in the present day.
Why did young Winifred leave London alone on a ship to travel to Australia?
Why especially in June 1912, just months after the Titanic tragedy? Where did her brother, Oscar, disappear to without a trace? And what happened to her beautiful younger sister, Francesca, after her tragic love affair?
Time is an ever-present theme that waxes and wanes like a tide throughout lives. There are the what-if moments, the only if moments and the sad reality that past and present generations can never meet, forever separated by time. Watch this beautiful u-tube video (with the original cover.)
“The Piano Tuner’s Daughters by Joni Scott is a fascinating dual timeline novel that grabs the reader’s attention from the start. It is set between 1905-1912 and 2014-2016. I thoroughly enjoyed the novel. It was a fascinating glimpse into a bygone age. I can highly recommend it.” Julia on Goodreads.
“I am leaving 5 stars because that is the MOST I can leave! I wanted to leave more! What a gorgeous debut novel. The historical setting was so incredible. It transported me to a different time. She got the setting, the time and the language right. What a masterpiece!” Charles on Goodreads.
