![]() ![]() Because life isn't a performance, and everyone deserves the chance to make a few mistakes along the way. It's about finding joy again, even when things don't go according to plan. Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. The Lucy Variations is a story of one girl's struggle to reclaim her love of music and herself. Sara Zarr Jeffrey Overstreet It’s not the only time Lucy, a self-aware, self-critical student at a prestigious private high school, considers herself a failure. A new title from critically acclaimed author and National Book Award finalist, Sara Zarr. 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 listeners inside the exclusive world of privileged San Francisco families, top junior music competitions, and intense mentorships. 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. That leaves her talented ten-year-old brother, Gus, to shoulder the full weight of the Beck-Moreau family expectations. A death, and a betrayal, led her to walk away. The right people knew her name, her performances were booked months in advance, and her future seemed certain. ![]() Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. Little, Brown, 18 (320p) ISBN 978-1-6 Zarr (How to Save a Life) doesn’t waste a word in this superb study of a young musical prodigy trying to. ![]()
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