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The Music Teacher (2009)

by Barbara Hall(Favorite Author)

3.04 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1565124634 (ISBN13: 9781565124639)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Algonquin Books

review 1: This was an awesome book for me. Maybe because I'm a musician/music teacher who has had dreams and dissolution. Maybe because I've worked in a music store just like this and known these same moody musicians/teachers and students just with different names in a different location. Maybe because I've desired to see dreams come true for students and when they have I've felt both elation and resentment. Maybe because I've gotten so close to students and band members and then "poof" they're gone. Maybe because I love music so much and it's grip on me is so fierce and won't let go that I've tried to betray it but it's too late and there is nothing to leave it for. Maybe it's because I'm human and filled with hope and faith one day and bitterness and emptiness the next and all of ... morethese human emotions, feelings and thoughts are filtered through a musician/music teacher's experience in this simple, thoughtful story that strikes so close to home. It made me laugh and it made me cry. Lovely.
review 2: I had not read any of Barbara Hall's work for adults and obviously need to catch up. This entertaining novel looks at the life of a violinist who teaches and works in a music store with a group of people who all have different eccentricities. She is divorced and discouraged until a brilliant student comes along to help her regain confidence until everything goes wrong. Fascinating look at the magic some musicians possess. less

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