Partita by Barbara Kingsolver

Some books arrive quietly, then linger long after the last page. This is one of them.

From Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver comes a deeply moving new novel about life, love, and the music that carries us through both.

Livia Cable has made her peace. A modest life, a steady marriage, the familiar farm country where she grew up. Then a single phone call from an old lover cracks everything open.

Decades ago, she was Livia Bohusz. A conservatory student estranged from her family. A pianist of rare and startling promise. And this man, the one now asking to see her again, once knew that other version of herself entirely, then broke her belief in love and altered the whole course of her life.

Should she go to him? Or turn away?

Moving gracefully between past and present, with memories framed as musical dances, Partita asks Livia to confront childhood loss, abandonment, and a passion that nearly consumed her. Kingsolver writes with razor-sharp acuity and deep affection, exploring class barriers, the perils of ambition, and that timeless love affair between art and living.

It’s the kind of story that rewards a rainy afternoon and a quiet corner. Salt air optional, though we happen to have plenty.

This hardcover new release makes a treasured addition to any shelf of literary fiction, and a thoughtful gift for the readers in your life who love a story with depth.

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