A tender story of family love and devotion, both to each other and what they do best. Mrs. Trapp tells the story of her family in a way that makes the reader feel as though she is speaking to you. Her devotion to her family and her willingness to do the will of God make her the shining example of a Catholic woman and mother.

Anyone who has ever seen, and enjoyed, "The Sound of Music" will not want to miss this true story, told by Maria Augusta Trapp herself.

The author, Mrs. Trapp didn't attempt to portray her family as saints or try to make the reader feel sorry for them. But told her story with an honest and believable tone.

I was sad that they lived before my time. I wished I could know them, here them sing. Most of all I wanted to know what had happened next in their lives.

I was almost envious of such a close-knit family, almost perfect in their way, and of their extreme devotion to their religion.

Maria Augusta von Trapp was the matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Her story and that of her family's escape from the Nazis after the Anschluss was the inspiration for the musical The Sound of Music.

It is a moving true story, as well as a personal account of what really happened to Austria during World War II.

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