Weight of a Piano

In 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Bl�thner piano, on which she discovers an enrichening passion for music. Yet after she marries, her husband insists the family emigrate to America--and loses her piano in the process.

In 2012, in Bakersfield, California, twenty-six-year-old Clara Lundy is burdened by the last gift her father gave her before he and her mother died in a terrible house fire: a Bl�thner upright she has never learned to play. Now a talented and independent auto mechanic, Clara's career is put on hold when she breaks her hand trying to move the piano, and in sudden frustration she decides to sell it. Only in discovering the identity of the buyer--and the secret history of her piano--will Clara be set free to live the life of her choosing.

In 1962, in Uniunea Sovietica, Katya, in varsta de opt ani, este mostenita ceea ce va deveni iubirea vietii sale: un pian Blüthner, pe care descopera o pasiune imbogatitoare pentru muzica. Cu toate acestea, dupa ce se casatoreste, sotul ei insista ca familia sa emigreze in America - si isi pierde pianul in acest proces. inainte ca el si mama ei sa moara intr-un incendiu teribil al casei: un Blththner in pozitie verticala pe care nu a invatat-o niciodata sa se joace.