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Partita
by Barbara Kingsolver · narrated by Megan Tusing
#8 in Fiction#4 NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · Week of October 25, 2026#5 Publishers Weekly Hardcover Fiction#8 Publishers Weekly Top 10 OverallFirst published 2026Audio release 2026-10-06
A woman living quietly on farm country gets a call from an old flame, pulling her back to her years as a gifted young pianist and the love affair that reshaped her life.
Narrated by: Megan Tusing
Grumpy’s take“A novel about a piano prodigy, enjoyed by someone who quit recorder in third grade.”
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