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At seventeen, Clara Lorenzo seems to have everything - brains, beauty, and an extraordinary talent for the piano. Her parents have provided her with the finest teacher and rearranged their lives to nurture Clara's genius, and Clara has worked hard - to the point of obsession - to develop her talent. But Clara's many gifts and her obsessive practicing have hidden the truth, a truth so startling tha... More

At seventeen, Clara Lorenzo seems to have everything - brains, beauty, and an extraordinary talent for the piano. Her parents have provided her with the finest teacher and rearranged their lives to nurture Clara's genius, and Clara has worked hard - to the point of obsession - to develop her talent. But Clara's many gifts and her obsessive practicing have hidden the truth, a truth so startling that it takes an important piano competition, the confusions of first love, and a mysterious Russian folktale for Clara to begin to understand. By the time she fully sees her predicament, events have taken on a powerful momentum of their own.

Broken Chords is a romance acted out in the highly charged world of an internationally renowned piano competition. Told with suspense, artistry, and an appreciation of the ever-tightening pressures that hold Clara captive, Barbara Snow Gilbert weaves the themes of self - awareness, family bonds, and courage in a classic coming-of-age story that is as lyrical as the music at its heart.

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