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In 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Bl thner piano, built at the turn of the century in Germany, on which she discovers everything that she herself can do with music and what music, in turn, does for her. Yet after marrying, she immigrates with her young family from Russia to America, at her husband's frantic insistence, and her piano is lost in the shuffle.
About the Author
Chris Cander is the USA TODAY bestselling author of THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO, which the New York Times called, "immense, intense and imaginative;" WHISPER HOLLOW, named an Indie Next Great Read; and 11 STORIES, winner of the Independent Publisher Book Awards for fiction. She also wrote the children's picture book THE WORD BURGLAR, and the Audible Originals "Eddies" and "Grieving Conversations." Her new novel, A GRACIOUS NEIGHBOR, arrives fall 2022. Cander's fiction has been published in twelve languages. A former fitness competitor and model, she currently holds a 4th dan in taekwondo and is a certified women's defensive tactics instructor. She lives in Houston with her husband and two children. Learn more at www.chriscander.com.
