New Books! The Cellist by Jennifer Atkins

What does love and companionship cost? What happens when you are forced to cast yourself in the distorting light of another person’s needs? These questions and more are explored in the debut novel from Atkins. This book follows Luc on her journey discovering the cost of a life in pursuit of artistic perfection and falling in love.

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The Cellist by Jennifer Atkins

Paperback £10.99

A piercing meditation on love and music, and the science and inscrutability which underpins the performance of each.

Luc has lived a long time as a soloist. She has not seen Billy for many years. A visit to a major show of his sculptures sends her arrowing back to younger version of herself: to a time when she had to make room to love him when she'd felt no room within herself. To a time when she could not find their convergence: the cello player and the lover. To a time when she was forced to make a choice between being one thing or another. To a time when he was a sculptor, but she was not yet a cellist.

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