{"product_id":"an-unfinished-score-elise-blackwell-9781936071661","title":"An Unfinished Score","description":"As she prepares dinner for her husband and\u003cbr\u003etheir extended family, Suzanne hears on the radio\u003cbr\u003ethat a jetliner has crashed and her lover is dead.\u003cbr\u003eAlex Elling was a renowned orchestra conductor.\u003cbr\u003eSuzanne is a concert violist, long unsatisfied with\u003cbr\u003eher marriage to a composer whose music turns\u003cbr\u003eemotion into thought. Now, more alone than\u003cbr\u003eshe's ever been, she must grieve secretly. But as\u003cbr\u003ecomplex as that effort is, it pales with the arrival of\u003cbr\u003eAlex's widow, who blackmails her into completing\u003cbr\u003ethe score for Alex's unfinished viola concerto.\u003cbr\u003eAs Suzanne struggles to keep her double life a\u003cbr\u003esecret from her husband, from her best friend, \u003cbr\u003eand from the other members of her quartet, she\u003cbr\u003eis consumed by memories of a rich love affair\u003cbr\u003esaturated with music. Increasingly manipulated by\u003cbr\u003eher lover's widow and tormented by the concerto's\u003cbr\u003emany layers, Suzanne realizes she may lose\u003cbr\u003eeverything she's spent her life working for.\u003cbr\u003eA story of love, loss, sex, class, and betrayal, \u003cbr\u003ethis psychologically compelling novel explores\u003cbr\u003ethe ways that artists' lives and work interact, the\u003cbr\u003enature of relationships among women as friends\u003cbr\u003eand competitors, and what it means to make a life\u003cbr\u003eof art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elise Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936071665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936071661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unbridled Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.42w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/08\/2010 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 70 - Excellent","brand":"Elise Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48066072412415,"sku":"9781936071661","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67d8e971-227d-4bc9-875b-ce67af7610cf.jpg?v=1768677886","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-unfinished-score-elise-blackwell-9781936071661","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}