Notes from A Minor Key: A Memoir of Music, Love, and Healing

by Dawn Bailiff

Dawn Bailiff eloquently tells the story of her struggle over the debilitating effects of Multiple Sclerosis that stole her identity as a rising star in the classical music world where she performed as a piano soloist with notable maestros Leonard Bernstein, Eugene Ormandy, Daniel Barenboim, and Sir Georg Solti.

Over 400,000 people in the US and 2.5 million worldwide have been diagnosed with MS. Two hundred more are diagnosed each week.

Offering an alternative to the self-help memoir that attempts to teach you to become enlightened and so heal yourself, Bailiff who says that disease has to be eliminated, just because it exists? Thanks to alternative medicine, indomitable will, and the power of prayer, Bailiff rose from her affliction to become a mother, scholar, writer and teacher. She successfully integrates numerous spiritual concepts into simple wisdom grounded in tenderness, intimacy and reality while embracing an imperfect life. This "great read" offers an insider's view of what it takes to become a world-class musician and uniquely explores the story of soul mates confronted with Multiple Sclerosis.

326 pages, Hardcover

First published November 2, 2007

Reviews

[Jane]

Astounding. So much suffering. So talented and intelligent.