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THE ROSE VARIATIONS by Marisha Chamberlain

A variation, musically speaking, is a repetition of a melodic theme, diverging from its origin through changes in harmony, counterpoint, rhythm, or key. In THE ROSE VARIATIONS, playwright and poet Marisha Chamberlain gives us Rose MacGregor, twenty-five and newly arrived at a private Minnesota college for a year-long teaching assignment. Rose is a cellist, but composing music is her true life’s calling. This is the 1970’s, and both her single status and her aspirations in a male-dominated field earn her the vaguely pejorative nickname of “The Girl Composer.”

July 12, 2009 Tags: Choices, music Posted in: Book Club Choice, Contemporary, Debut Novel, Top Pick, Women's Fiction No Comments

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