Prelude II & Toccata

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A novel of love, longing and community from Pulitzer and Women's Prize-winning author Barbara Kingsolver. Prelude II and Tocata: When an ex calls out of the blue, farmer’s wife and piano teacher Livia Bohusz must confront childhood tragedy, the agonies of first love and the brutal incident that ended her music career. "A secret that big, kept this long, is a betrayal of its own kind." Read by Laurel Lefkow Abridged by Rosemary Goring Produced by Eilidh McCreadie Barbara Kingsolver is the author of books DEMON COPPERHEAD, THE POISONWOOD BIBLE and ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE as well as essays, journalism and poetry. She grew up in rural Kentucky, travelled the world and lived for nearly two decades in Tucson, Arizona, before moving back to southern Appalachia. Since 2004, she and her husband have raised their family and farmed in southwestern Virginia, in the mountains she considers her home territory.