Barnacle Book Club
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The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable
Maggie Culley suggested an interesting book that is set in Medieval Venice at an orphanage. This is a special orphanage though, for the girls are taught to become wonderful musicians led by their Maestro, Vivaldi. A good read! And a true-ish story!!
Anna Maria has only known life inside the Pietà, an orphanage for children born of prostitutes. But the girls of the Pietà are lucky in a sense: most babies born of their station were drowned in the city’s canals. And despite the strict rules, the girls are given singing and music lessons from an early age. The most promising musicians have the chance to escape the fate of the rest: forced marriage to anyone who will have them.
Anna Maria is determined to be the best violinist there is—and whatever Anna Maria sets out to do, she achieves. After all, the stakes for Anna could not be higher. But it is 1704 and she is a girl. The pursuit of her ambition will test everything she holds dear, especially when it becomes clear that her instructor, Antonio Vivaldi, will teach Anna everything he knows—but not without taking something in return.
Location
SBYC
23rd Street
Spray Beach, NJ 08008
USA
609-492-6845
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Monica E Kanopka
Category
Auxiliary Recurring Activity
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