Br 1: Melody Of Truth, A

Description:
Genre: Fiction
Level: Medium
Words: 1,300-1,700 Headwords
Nineteen-year-old Diana is a medical student whose real love is music. She lives with her brother, Mark, and another medical student, Roger. Diana starts teaching music to sick children in hospital, some of them terminally ill, and the conflict between medicine and music becomes stronger. When romance enters her life, Diana develops enough confidence to make some major changes, but what will her parents say?

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