Partita

MEETING AT ANGELICA'S THIS MONTH!

Hello readers! This month, we're reading Partita by Barbara Kingsolver.

Livia is living an ordinary life. But it didn't always seem destined to be that way. Once a piano prodigy with a big career ahead of her, so much changed because of one formative relationship. Now, life is forcing her to revisit that seemingly distant, separate past.

How rave reviews describe it:
"Partita refuses easy distinctions between destiny and choice, showing how class background, family damage, and thwarted ambition can keep shaping us long after we believe their power has faded." - Oprah Daily

“[A] deeply wrenching novel. . . . Kingsolver understands that life can be an ingenious villain... she takes on not just sexual obsession and classism, but also itchy what-ifs, human decency, the engulfing power of music and the butterfly effect of dreams deferred.” - The New York Times

"Wrestles with the questions that have fueled [Kingsolver's] whole career--namely, who is art for, what makes it good, and what can it actually accomplish?" - The New Yorker

Super excited to read this one!! Looking forward to our discussion next month :)