It seemed only appropriate that each chapter of Sarah’s story begin with lyrics to a song. Here in order, are the songs that set the tone through both books – all credit to the writers, producers and performers who inspired the stories.

“And I’m ashamed of running away from nothing real
I just can’t deal with this, but I’m still afraid to be there
Among your hounds of love, and feel your arms around me”
Hounds of Love
Kate Bush

1985 song written by Kate Bush

“Was she never here?
Was she ever?
Was it air she breathed?
At the wrong time
On the wrong day”
If I’m Dreaming My Life
David Bowie

1999 song written by David Bowie

“This party is addictive, self-destructive, no doubt
So I hope that someone saves a seat for me on the last plane out”
Last Plane Out
Toy Matinee

1990 song written by Kevin Gilbert, Leonard Patrick Raymond, Pratt Guy Adam

“I, I, I’m wondering why
I still love you
Je ne sais pas pourquoi
I still want you
Je ne sais pas pourquoi”
Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi
Kylie Minogue

1988 song written by Stock, Aitken and Waterman

“I hear about you now and then
I wonder where you are and how you feel
Sometimes I walk by and I look up to your balcony
Just to make sure you were real
Just to make sure that I can still feel you”
Destiny Rules
Fleetwood Mac

2003 song written by Stevie Nicks

“Can I get to your soul?
Can you get to my thought?
Can we promise we won’t let go?
All the things that I need
All the things that you need
You can make it feel so real”
Bayatilar/Stereo Love
Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina

1989/2009 song written by Eldar Mansurov and Ilie Alexandru

“Black tree silhouetted against an orange sky
Cool breeze on a country road I’m ten feet high
I’m just about to take another step ohh
Real world got me kind of fed up ohh
I got places to go and folks I know that are waiting for me to arrive”
Bump
Rehab

2006 song written by Danny “Boone” Alexander, Demun Jones, Chris Hood, DJ Chris Crisis

“Somebody told her that there was a place like heaven
Across the water on a 747
Yeah we’re living in, in a modern world
And pretty soon she’s really got the notion
Of flying out across the big blue ocean”
Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra

1986 song written by Jeff Lynne

“I’ll have a cup of coffee and tell you of my dreaming
Dreaming is free
I don’t want to live on charity
Pleasure’s real or is it fantasy?”
Dreaming
Blondie

1979 song written by Clement Anthony Bozewski, Deborah Harry, Christopher Stein

“It was fun for awhile
There was no way of knowing
Like a dream in the night
Who can say where we’re going”
More Than This
Roxy Music

[198x song written by Bryan Ferry]

“These precious illusions in my head
Did not let me down when I was a kid
And parting with them
Is like parting with a childhood best friend”
Precious Illusions
Alanis Morrisette

“The world that I see inside you
Waiting to come to lifeWaking me up to dreaming
Reality in your eyes”
First Time
Lifehouse

“I don’t want to call my friends
They might wake me from this dream
And I can’t leave this bed
Risk forgetting all that’s been”
Here With Me
Dido

“I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I’ve been dreaming of?”
Somewhere Only We Know
Keane

“Can you read my mind
Take a good look at my face
Could you take the time
Just to stand here in my place”
If I’d Been the One
.38 Special

“Moving through the crowd I’m pushing
Chemicals all rushing through my bloodstream
Only wish that you were here
You know I’m seeing it so clear”
Babylon
David Gray

“If I were a carpenter
And you were a lady,
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?”
If I Were A Carpenter
Robert Plant

196x song written by Johnny Cash

“From a baby kicking and screaming
To a full blood woman dreaming
With the power just to be
She’s a child of the wild blue yonder
Flying out of here”
Child of the Wild Blue Yonder
John Hiatt