Dissonance: A Novel

Rating:
Summary: A well-deserved award-winner
Review: "Dissonance" swept me from page to page.

Was it the gripping story of one woman, two families, an entire race? The mystery of a bequest from a stranger? The journey from tea and ristras in today's New Mexico to World War II death factories -- a Czech Concentration Camp and our own Los Alamos Labs? The unexpected symphonies in all these places?

Or the poetry -- the sound -- that breathes in each paragraph?

I don't know. I can only tell you that this book led me to a most wonderful place of the heart.

This book sings.

Rating:
Summary: A well-deserved award-winner
Review: Once you have read this book, you will want to tell everyone you know. Pass it on! Word of mouth will make this book a bestseller.

Rating:
Summary: A Virtuoso performance
Review: The analogy of music and the piano, as an instrument, to human events and emotions is superb! This alone, makes the book worth reading. However, you won't lay this little gem down until the mystery of the story is resolved.

Rating:
Summary: Dissonance is a Masterful First Novel for Lisa Lenard-Cook
Review: This novel weaves its many themes together with wonderful prose and sensitivity. I read it the first time for its story and plot, but the second time to listen to the music of its language.

Using music theory as a metaphor for the events of the 20th century, Ms. Lenard-Cook takes us to the concentration camp of Terezin, the nuclear labs of Los Alamos and the hearts of two generations of pianists.

I have suggested this book to numerous friends and relatives and everyone has thought it a great book.