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Wake Up In Music: Book 1: Childhood
Paperback
General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 19 2026
Pages: 114
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.29 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A summer afternoon in 1983. It is also 2026. Something - a familiar song- is pulling Arthur Sallow into his memories of childhood, of friendship, and of Marillion.
Arthur and Mike are best friends, meeting as teenagers and bonding over a shared love for the music of prog rock band Marillion. The boys escape from problems at home into a new world that the music represents for them. Their friendship is forged through absent fathers, the mundane stresses of school life, and always the prospect of escaping into a new album or the life-affirming experience of live music.
This is book 1 of the story of Arthur's journey through life, with his beloved music at his side, and Mike's spiral downwards. Above all, it is a tribute to the fans of one of the most unique and innovative bands in modern music with a career spanning almost five decades, across the lives of two men. Book 1 covers the years 1983 to 1990.
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