Partita - Indie Edition (Unsigned)

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FROM THE GLOBAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR ‘She means to save us by telling us stories. . . She comes closer than anyone else I know’ - Ann Patchett ‘[Kingsolver] reminds us that a novel can be wildly entertaining and still have a social conscience’ - New York Times , ‘100 Best Books of the 21st Century’ (on Demon Copperhead ) You’ve taken Demon to your hearts, prepare for another ‘emotionally raw, riotously entertaining’ read as you meet Livia. Here’s my question: How does a person step in front of a train and leave everything right there? Livia Bohusz misses her big brother, Cyrus. But since the day he took his own life, a day that changed everything, eleven-year-old Livia has also known she has no choice but to survive. Her solace is music. A gifted pianist, Livia’s only escape is the quiet rapture it brings as she practices. The promise of a new life her talent might offer is intoxicating, a life away from the stifling silence that has enveloped the farm since Cyrus’ death. When Livia starts college as a music major and scholarship prodigy, it feels as if a new life might begin. Immersing herself in her passions in a world where she excels, even as she struggles to fit in with more urbane classmates, she glimpses the possibilities of a life beyond the farm and her parents. Then one springtime, the smell of reviving grass and crocuses and the sounds of songbirds fill the air, and Livia catches a glimpse of shirt sleeves rolled to the elbow, muscles you wouldn’t miss in the rear vi

• Binding: Hardcover

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