Solo variations

By Cassandra Garbus

Subjects: Fiction, general, Fathers and daughters, Fiction, Children of divorced parents, Women musicians, Mothers and daughters

Description: A novel on trying to make it in New York City's musical world. The heroine is oboe player Gala, 26, a graduate of Julliard who is getting nowhere, surpassed by friends, including her boyfriend. Part of it is due to problems at home, her parents are divorcing and using her as a football. A first novel.