An event in rural Virginia.

[image error] A couple of months ago, I received an email via my Web site from Loretta Carreras, a violin teacher, who had read my book. She said she was running a summer workshop for some of her high-school age students and thought she would like them to read The Musician's Daughter. Did I have any suggestions for discussion topics? she asked.

My response was to ask where she was located, and say I'd do better than that and come to talk to her students if it was within reasonable distance from Brooklyn. She a