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Offering a uniquely musical perspective on the #MeToo experience, this is the story of a talented and fiercely determined musician—a young woman with everything to gain and, ultimately, nothing left to lose—who finds a way through despite multiple betrayals by the men in her life.
Jealous of her brilliant older…
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This book is called "a memoir in sonata form." It's written by a woman who fell in love with the flute as a child and became a highly esteemed flute professor in a prestigious music conservatory before she had to stop playing her beloved instrument due to the development of a neurological disorder. The book is about so many things: a difficult relationship with her father and men in orchestras who tried to control her; a horrifying rape; a suicide attempt; an abortion; but also the deep and passionate love of classical music. Anyone who has played in an orchestra…
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