Partita

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 view: 'Who is that man?' It is a question Livia may come to wish she had never asked. Partita is Livia's story: It is a tale of thwarted ambitions, accumulated pain, of newfound hope, unexpected love, and endless resilience. It is as compelling and profound as the pieces Livia has mastered, and as heart-rending and engrossing as the music that makes, breaks and mends her. Readers love Barbara Kingsolver: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Barbara Kingsolver's way with words is beyond description!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'That's the magic of Barbara Kingsolver I guess - to make you laugh in one line and then absolutely wreck you in the next. What a genius' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I love Kingsolver because I never know where she will go next but it will always be somewhere that I've never been before' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Barbara Kingsolver has an understanding of the human condition and the abuses inflicted by an unjust society upon those who do not deserve that' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A trademark ability to tell a story with empathy' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'One of those writers who somehow can produce writing that sounds as natural as talking and yet that somehow comes out as poetry' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Kingsolver is a magician with words'