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Bernard, a deaf young woodworker, is drawn into an old growth forest in rural Quebec by mysterious and compelling music. Summoned there by the spirits of his Iroquois and European great-grandparents, he witnesses a colossal 800-year old cedar fall literally at his feet, and nearly loses his life salvaging a portion of the great tree to craft an instrument worthy of the music he hears. His creation of two exquisite classical guitars imbued with the spirits of his ancestors sets in motion an intricate yet intimate story of turbulent times and tumultuous family relationships. Reaching across two centuries and four continents - from a convent in the French Alps to the jungles of Southeast Asia to an opera house in Sydney - Strum is a sweeping tale told against a backdrop of forbidden but enduring love, blind faith, war, and the legacy of six generations of a mixed-race family torn by tragedy but bonded by a music destined to reunite them. Young's debut novel delights the reader in a mesmerizing story you can't stop reading. Definitely a page turner Francisco Vargas, American Library Association.
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- Title
- Strum
- Author
- Nancy Young
- Publisher
- Inkwater Press
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1592999379
- ISBN 13
- 9781592999378
* 2015 Library Journal Self-e Collections (Featured Selection)
* 2014 USA Best Book Award (Finalist: Fiction:Literary)
* 2014 Independent Publishers Book Award - Silver Medal (Best Reg'l Fiction, Canada-east)
* 2014 New York, Hollywood, San Francisco and Great Northwest Book Festivals (Hon. Men. Fiction)
"A beautifully written, engrossing family epic." Kirkus
"Young's intense focus on the natural world provides imagery of glistening beauty." PW
"A sweeping debut of enduring but tragic love..." Pasadena Now
"... rich with images... highly recommend it." American Library Assoc.
There are many ties that bind, and as many walls that divide. Music and deafness. Race and war. Love and unending time. Strum weaves together each element into a larger human tapestry of light and shadow, where a combination of fate and decision can define a family's legacy.
Bernard, a deaf young woodworker, is drawn into an old growth forest in rural Québec. Summoned there by the spirits of his Iroquois and European great-grandparents, he witnesses a colossal 800-year-old cedar fall literally at his feet, and nearly loses his life salvaging a portion of the great tree to craft two guitars worthy of the music he hears.
Across two centuries and four continents, this tale of family, spirits, and music, paints upon the world's large canvas an intimate story of enduring love and how the mysterious forces that divide us can also bring us together.
"Young's debut novel delights the reader in a mesmerizing story you can't stop reading. Definitely a page turner!" ~ F. Vargas, American Library Association"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Nancy Young's writing brings to life her global travel and multicultural perspective. She was born in Taipei and raised in Pasadena, California. She studied English, French and Chinese literature, International Affairs, Asian History and Film-making, respectively at UC Berkeley, Columbia, Hawaii and Melbourne Universities.
She has traveled to over 30 countries and was an arts and cultural development consultant to state and federal governments in Australia for 13 years. There she authored and published numerous cultural development plans and policies, arts marketing books, and a short fiction story in the anthology Sweet Sisters and Other Secrets in 2000. She now lives in Los Angeles and supports literacy and education through her work with the Long Beach Public Library Foundation. This is her first novel.
She has traveled to over 30 countries and was an arts and cultural development consultant to state and federal governments in Australia for 13 years. There she authored and published numerous cultural development plans and policies, arts marketing books, and a short fiction story in the anthology Sweet Sisters and Other Secrets in 2000. She now lives in Los Angeles and supports literacy and education through her work with the Long Beach Public Library Foundation. This is her first novel.
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