{"product_id":"the-melody-of-things-nadia-beard-9781324105466","title":"The Melody of Things: On Music, Memory, and Beginning Again","description":"\u003cp\u003eTen years after becoming a writer, Nadia Beard experienced a strange, exhilarating longing for something she had not realized she'd missed: playing piano. Having trained seriously to become a pianist but stymied by stage fright, Beard decided to return to her beloved instrument as an amateur. \u003cem\u003eThe Melody of Things\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique combination of memoir, music, and political history, as it charts Beard's journey to study at the renowned Tbilisi Conservatoire in the former Soviet Georgia. Filled with sharp insights about the pleasures and possibilities of discipline and amateurism as an art unto itself, Beard's book reminds us that the term \"amateur\" comes from the Latin \"amare,\" meaning, of course, to love. \u003cem\u003eThe Melody of Things\u003c\/em\u003e is a gem about falling in love for a second time--with an instrument that came to reshape and reinhabit Beard's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nadia Beard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324105461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324105466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Nadia Beard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48807370752255,"sku":"9781324105466","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-melody-of-things-nadia-beard-9781324105466","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}