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The Sound Between The Notes: A Novel

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Sound Between The Notes: A Novel

Contributors:
ISBN:

9781647420123

Publisher:

She Writes Press

Imprint:

She Writes Press

Publication Date:

20th May 2021

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Dewey:

813.6

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

336

Dimensions:

Width 139mm, Height 215mm

Description

The highly anticipated new novel from the multiple award-winning author of Queen of the Owls...

What if you had a second chance at the very thing you thought youd renounced forever How steep a price would you be willing to pay

Susannahs career as a pianist has been on hold for nearly sixteen years, ever since her son was born. An adoptee whos never forgiven her birth mother for not putting her first, Susannah vowed to put her own child first, no matter what. And she did.

But now, suddenly, she has a chance to vault into that elite tier of chosen musicians. Theres just one problem: somewhere along the way, she lost the power and the magic that used to be hers at the keyboard. She needs to get them back. Now.

Her quest what her husband calls her obsession turns out to have a cost Susannah couldnt have anticipated. Even her hand betrays her, as Susannah learns that she has a progressive hereditary disease thats making her fingers cramp and curl a curse waiting in her genes, legacy of a birth family that gave her little else. As her now-or-never concert draws near, Susannah is catapulted back to memories shes never been able to purge and forward, to choices she never thought she would have to make.

Told through the unique perspective of a musician, The Sound Between the Notes draws the reader deeper and deeper into the question Susannah can no longer silence: Who am I, and where do I belong

Reviews

2022 16th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in Womens Fiction
2021 CIBA Somerset Book Awards First Place Winner
A 2021 Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Book of the Year

2021 Sarton Book Awards: Gold Medal Winner in Contemporary Women's Fiction

2021 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Finalist

2020 Readers'Favorite Award: Women's Fiction

2020 DaVince Eye Award, Eric Hoffer Awards: Best Cover Design


Praise forThe Sound Between the Notes:

The climax, on the night of her performance, is a tour de force steeped in suspense, and Susannahs subsequent revelations are satisfying and authentic. A sensitive, astute exploration of artistic passion, family, and perseverance.
Kirkus Reviews, STARRED

The Sound Between the Notesis so beautiful, so lyrical, so musical that it was hard to put down. . . . This is a wonderful story from a skillful writer, one that appeals strongly to the heart. It features awesome characters, a twisty plot, and gorgeous writing.
Readers Favorite5-star review

In her second novel, Barbara Linn Probst delivers yet another powerful story, balancing lyrical language with a skillfully paced plot to build a sensory-rich world that will delight those who lovedQueen of the Owlsand win countless new readers. Offering a deep exploration of the search for identity and connection,The Sound Between Notesreminds us to embrace everything we areand everything thats made us who we are.
Julie Cantrell,New York TimesandUSA TODAYbest-selling author ofPerennials

Family ties can bind or blind useven with relatives we've never met. InThe Sound Between the Notes, trails of music connect generations separated by adoptionwhile the same notes threaten a family believed sewn with steel threads.In this spellbinding novel, Barbara Linn Probst examines how the truth of love transcends genetics, even as strands of biology grip us. Once you begin this story, suffused with the majesty of music and the reveries of creation, the 'gotta know' will carry you all the way to the final note.
Randy Susan Meyers, international best-selling author ofWaistedandThe Comfort of Lies

Beautifully told,The Sound Between the Notes, is the story of tragedy and triumph, of the push and pull of family, of the responsibility we feel to ourselves and those we love. Once I started the book, I couldn't put it down until I reached the last, gorgeously written note.
Loretta Nyhan, author ofThe Other Familyand Amazon best-sellerDigging In

As soaring as the music it so lovingly describes, poignantly human, and relatable to anyone whos ever wondered if its too late for their dream,The Sound Between the Notesis an exploration of our vulnerability to lifes timing and chance occurrences that influence our decisions, for better or worse. Probst creates her trademark intelligent suspense as Susannah, an adoptee trying for a mid-life resurrection of an abandoned music career, confronts lifelong questions of who she is. A story that speaks to our universal need to have someone who believes in us unequivocally, and how that person had better be ourselves.
Ellen Notbohm, award-winning author ofThe River by Starlight

Praise forQueen of the Owls:

2020 Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award Finalist
2020 IPPY Awards Bronze Winner in Popular Fiction
2020 Eric Hoffer Award 1st Runner up in General Fiction


A nuanced, insightful, culturally relevant investigation of one womans personal and artistic awakening,Queen of the Owlslimns the distance between artist and muse, creator and critic, concealment and exposure.
Christina Baker Kline, #1New York Timesbest-selling author ofA Piece of the Worldand <;i>Orphan Train

This is a stunner about the true cost of creativity, and about what it means to be really seen. Gorgeously written and so, so smart (and how can you resist any novel that has Georgia OKeeffe in it), Probsts novel is a work of art in itself.
Caroline Leavitt, best-selling author ofPictures of You, Is This TomorrowandCruel Beautiful World

Probst plumbs the depths of Elizabeths desperation with a delicacy that underlines the brutal truths her protagonist must face .... A thought-provoking, introspective examination of self and sexuality
Booklist

Readers will root for Elizabethand wince in amusement at her pratfallsas she strikes out in improbable new directions . . . An entertaining, psychologically rich story of a sometimes giddy, sometimes painful awakening.
Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio

Barbara Linn Probstis an award-winning author of contemporary womens fiction living on an historic dirt road in New Yorks Hudson Valley. Her acclaimed novelsQueen of the Owls(2020) andThe Sound Between the Notes(2021) were gold and silver medalists for prestigious national awards, including the Sarton and Nautilus Book Awards.The Sound Between the Noteswas also selected byKirkus Reviewsas one of the Best Indie Books of 2021. Barbara has also published over fifty essays on the craft of writing for sites such as Jane Friedman and Writer Unboxed, along with two nonfiction books. Her third novelThe Color of Icewill be released in October 2022. Learn more onwww.BarbaraLinnProbst.com.

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