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Daniel was the first boy to make Alison a mix tape. But that was years ago and Ali hasn’t thought about him in a very long time. Even if she had, she might not have called him ‘the one that got away’; after all, she’d been the one to run. Then Dan’s name pops up on her phone, with a link to a song from their shared past. For two blissful minutes, Alison is no longer an adult in Adelaide with temperamental daughters; she is 16 in Sheffield, dancing in her skin-tight jeans. She cannot help but respond in kind.

Chrissie has always wanted to be a mother. After months of trying to adopt, she and her husband Stuart finally get the news that a little girl named Sunshine is waiting for them. The child comes to them without a history, and it feels like a fresh start for all of them. But when fragments from Sunshine's previous life start to intrude on her new one, the little girl's mysterious past quickly becomes Chrissie's greatest fear.

Annie Doyle's husband, Vince, is in a care home with final-stage dementia. And after decades of deeply unhappy marriage, Annie can barely bring herself to care. But as the family gathers to see out Vince's final days, he utters a single word that will change the entire family forever: 'Martha'. Who is Martha? And why is Annie so quick to dismiss the mention of her name?

Eve Williams is about to discover just how the other half really live. Above stairs: Lord Netherwood keeps his considerable fortune ticking over with the profits from his three coal mines in the vicinity. It's just as well the coal is of the highest quality as the upkeep of Netherwood Hall, his splendid estate on the outskirts of town, doesn't come cheap. Below stairs: Eve Williams, is the wife of one of Lord Netherwood's most stalwart employees. Suddenly, her ordered existence amid the terraced rows of the miners' houses is brought crashing down....

An extraordinary cast of characters play out their dramas amongst the chaos of the emerging modern world... Jamaica 1909. Millionaire Silas Whittam is struggling to bring his dream of a luxury hotel to life. He's relieved when his sister, Eve, arrives - basking in the success of her Yorkshire pies and puddings business. But as Eve befriends the staff, secrets hidden by Silas begin to emerge.

Manchmal braucht es nur einen Song, damit du dich wieder wie sechzehn fühlst... Dan war der erste Junge, den Alison geliebt hat. Der Erste, der ihr eine Musikkassette aufnahm. Aber das ist vierunddreißig Jahre her, und Ali hat schon lange nicht mehr an ihn gedacht. Bis sie eine Nachricht von ihm erhält mit einem Song aus alten Zeiten. Und für einen kostbaren Moment lang vergisst Ali, dass sie eine mitten im Leben stehende Frau und Mutter ist. Sie fühlt sich wieder wie 1978, als sie in ihrer Heimatstadt Sheffield mit sechzehn in zu engen Jeans tanzte.

C'est une histoire d'amour qui rivalise avec les meilleures. Ancré dans la nostalgie du premier amour et de la musique comme on n'en fait plus, Lovesong pose la plus grande question de toutes : et si "ce qui aurait pu être" restait encore à venir ?