One simple song can change everything for those whose story began at a 1970 rock festival. As the 1970s dawn in Virginia, grieving guitarist Cal Leonardowski is ready to end it all when he hears Hendrix will play at the Second Atlanta International Pop Festival. He delays the devastating thought for the rock and roll respite, and there he meets adventurous, Beatles-loving Nainsi Murphy, from County Dublin, who only wants to do what her late Ma never to build a music industry career in America. Yet love changes everything, as does a world exploding in the Vietnam War and the Troubles. Just as she chooses between family, country, religion, and her own dreams, Cal opens the letter of a lifetime and makes a drunken, desperate, secret choice of his own. What becomes of the broken-hearted, a new family created in peace, love, and music, but reeling in the times? Told amid a backdrop of history with a '70s pop-rock playlist and questions for a book club, the psychological saga YESTERDAY'S SONG explores recovery from loss and trauma, the definition of family, the necessity of love, and the nature of forgiveness and redemption. This sentimental novel—a coming-of-age story for Baby Boomers and Gen X in the 1970s and 1980s—centers on the power of music in healing, identity, inspiration, and connection. Maybe it’s never too late to find your own voice—and hear another’s—if you can just get back to the heart of it all. Sometimes, hope is right under your ears. Advance "Denholm’s sweeping novel, steeped in references to the rock music of the era, goes deep inside the minds of the characters to capture the hopes, dreams, and fears of a generation." - Kirkus Reviews "Like a carefully curated mixtape, Yesterday’s Song weaves together decades of musical references to create a powerful narrative about love and resilience." -Annie Zaleski, author, Duran Duran's Rio; This is Christmas, Song by Song; Pink, Raise Your Glass; Taylor The Stories Behind the Songs (2024) "Yesterday's Song is for those of us who always hold a song in our heart. Every scene, every character, every moment of our lives should have a soundtrack like the one that carries this story from page to page." -Kristin Nilsen, Author, Worldwide Crush; Co-host, The Pop Culture Preservation Society podcast "Yesterday’s Song is a groovy page-turner best described Love, Loss, and What they Listened to. Perfectly attuned to those of us who came of age in the 1970s and ’80s, it really rocks. When I was finished reading it, I missed the characters, which, to me, is always the mark of a great read. I can’t wait to share it with my book club." - Rebecca Rego Barry Author, The Vanishing of Carolyn Investigations into a Forgotten Mystery Author (2024). Short description: A family borne of peace, love, and music of 1970 must return to their roots to heal. Historical fiction, family saga, women's fiction, book club novel, historical pop culture novel, 1970s music, Vietnam War era, 1970s, searching, identity, inspiration, resilience, reconnection, reunite, hope, healing, coping with loss, finding peace, voice, empowerment.