Friday, May 31, 2019

Sounds Like Titanic (by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman)

This has overtaken the other 43 books I've read this year and has made it to #1. Just phenomenal. Funny, fascinating, yet masterfully written and profound.

Here's the book's blurb:

When aspiring violinist Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman lands a job with a professional ensemble in New York City, she imagines she has achieved her lifelong dream. But the ensemble proves to be a sham. When the group “performs,” the microphones are never on. Instead, the music blares from a CD. The mastermind behind this scheme is a peculiar and mysterious figure known as The Composer, who is gaslighting his audiences with music that sounds suspiciously like the Titanic movie soundtrack. On tour with his chaotic ensemble, Hindman spirals into crises of identity and disillusionment as she “plays” for audiences genuinely moved by the performance, unable to differentiate real from fake.

My assumption was this would be a quirky, funny memoir, but it has so much depth. I am too low on spoons to write anything profound so just read some reviews and then go get this book, its unmissable.

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