An act of kindness results in a gift - a single movement of a sonata - to young a music student at Columbia University. Meta Taverner is intrigued by the unidentified work and the story shared by the elderly woman who had protected the sonata. It is clearly old - and beautiful. That story leads her on a quest to find the rest of the sonata and identify the composer. Is it possible it was written by ...well can't give that part away. Her journey takes her to Europe and the reader back to the Prague of WWl and beyond. The story unfolds back and forth between the historical and the contemporary. Rich in history and in music theory - which you don't need to technically understand to recognize its significance - you are drawn from one piece of the puzzle to the next. Music lovers will understand the passion for the search but anyone will enjoy the mystery and romance of the time and place.
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