Rainbow's End

by Eileen Ramsay

Music is Juliet Crawford's life - her passion and her first true love. Her dream is to be the chief conductor of one of the great orchestras: even the heartbreaking round of conducting competitions has not broken her spirit. And when she loses at an all-important contest in Paris, she is consoled by the glowing praise of the world-famous Czech conductor Alexander Stoltze and his brilliant young protege Karel Haken. Back in Edinburgh, Juliet and her equally-ambitious flatmates immerse themselves in the music they love - so they are there for Juliet when Karel crosses her path once more and leaves her with a broken heart. Then, at last, she gets her chance, as assistant conductor for the London Symphony Orchestra. She will somehow have to make her name in a make-or-break year, while overcoming a jealous rival and working for the man she once thought she could love.

400 pages, Paperback

First published June 19, 2006

About the author

Eileen Ainsworth was born on 16 December 1940 in the South-West of Scotland, where she brought up. She wrote since she was seven, but she decided become a teacher. After graduating she went to teach in the USA for a year - and stayed 18 years. She married Ian Ramsay, a Scottish mathematics scientist working on the first moon shots. They had two chidren. They returned to their native Scotland.

Her writing for children and adults has won several awards, including the Constable and Pitlochry trophies from the Scottish Association of Writers and the Romantic Novelists' Association's Elizabeth Goudge Award. In 2004 she was short listed for the Romantic Novel of the Year award.

Eileen is an honorary member of the Angus Writers Circle, was vice-president of the Scottish Association of Writers, a member of the Society of Authors and was on the committee of the Scottish branch for about six years and for four was the Secretary, and she was elected the twenty-seventh Chairman (2015-2017) of the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Reviews

[Yang Shu-yuan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Juliet ist verliebt. Verliebt in das Leben, die Musik und ihr Idol, den Star-Dirigenten Karel, der sie nach Kräften fördert - bis er sich plötzlich von ihr abwendet. Verzweifelt stürzt die junge Schottin sich in die Arbeit, entschlossen, es trotz Intrigen auch allein zu schaffen. Doch die letzte Bewährungsprobe muss sie ausgerechnet vor Karel bestehen. Juliet wünschte, sie wäre dem Maestro nie begegnet ... Ein Roman voller zauberhafter Klänge - eine große Schicksalssinfonie, vielstimmig und voller dramatischer Wendungen