On My Wishlist is a weekly event highlighting a book that I really want to read. The book may be 20 years old, or the pub date may not be until next year, but either way I'm excited about it, and hopefully you will be too!
The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Hardcover
320 pages
320 pages
Synopsis from Goodreads
Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. The right people knew her name, her performances were booked months in advance, and her future seemed certain.
That was all before she turned
fourteen.
Now, at sixteen, it's over. A
death, and a betrayal, led her to walk away. That leaves her talented
ten-year-old brother, Gus, to shoulder the full weight of the Beck-Moreau
family expectations. Then Gus gets a new piano teacher who is young, kind, and
interested in helping Lucy rekindle her love of piano -- on her own terms. But
when you're used to performing for sold-out audiences and world-famous critics,
can you ever learn to play just for yourself?
National Book Award finalist Sara
Zarr takes readers inside one girl's struggle to reclaim her love of music and
herself. To find joy again, even when things don't go according to plan.
Because life isn't a performance, and everyone deserves the chance to make a
few mistakes along the way.
So, what do you think? Is it one that you'd like to add to your wish list? Have you already read it?
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