Zarr, Sara The Lucy Variations, 304 pgs. Little, Brown, and Company, 2013. $18.00
Content: Language: PG-13 (19 swears); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence:
G.
Lucy is a piano prodigy that quits
her intense piano performing upon the death of her grandmother. Feeling pressured from her mother and
grandfather to be the best made her feel like she was missing out on real
life. After eight months of not touching
the piano, her little brother’s piano teacher, Will, convinces her to play for
herself. Lucy rediscovers who she is and
what she loves with the help and promptings of Will.
This is a great book about living for what we
love and keeping perspective and balance in life. Lucy is a strong character that is trying to
do what is right, but also trying to find happiness. My only issue with this book is the flirting
between Will (a 30yo married man) and 16yo Lucy was inappropriate and
manipulative and although their relationship is what helped Lucy find herself,
it was too much and moved the book to optional instead of essential.
MS, HS-OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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