
The death of legendary jazz trumpeter Joss Moody exposes an extraordinary secret. Unbeknown to all but his wife Millie Joss was a woman living as a man. The discovery is most devastating for their adopted son Colman whose bewildered fury brings the press to the doorstep & sends his grieving mother to the sanctuary of a remote Scottish village. A novel about the lengths to which people will go for love Trumpet" is a moving story of a shared life founded on an intricate lie of loving deception & lasting devotion & of the intimate workings of the human heart. Jackie Kay makes the unbelievable gloriously real. " Trumpet" is a love story & a lament beautifully told
- " Time Out". The voices in this tender compassionate work were still singing in my head a couple of weeks after Id finished it
- " Observer". This book is all about love.. . The qualities of sympathy & tenderness in the novel make it special & make Kay a writer to respect
- " Guardian"."