Delicious food and great conversation were shared at Claudia's home. Our read was "The Music Shop" by Rachel Joyce. Since this story was about all varieties of music, it prompted nice musical memories from each of us - favorite songs, favorite performers, favorite concerts. Esther supplied the soundtrack for our evening thanks to Spotify.
The story revolved around a small neighborhood in London with a diverse mix of people who helped each other. Frank owns the music shop which sells only records, no CDs. Frank is a good listener and has the gift of knowing the perfect music for every person. The book was reminiscent of other books we have read - Eleanor Oliphant, Ove, Rosie - some of which involved a main character with "a dysfunctional parent and childhood that deeply affected (their) adult life." (thank you Judy B!)
The book gave you a different insight into music:
"Jazz was about the spaces between notes. It was about what happens when you listen to the thing inside you. The gaps and the cracks. Because that was where life really happened when you were brave enough to free fall." "Music said things that words couldn't." "There were pictures in all kinds of music, once you stopped to listen." "...music was like a garden - it sowed seeds in in far-flung places." "Music is about silence....Music comes out of silence and at the end goes back to it. It's a journey."
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"Real love was not a bolt out of the blue, it was not the playing of violins, it was like anything else, it was a habit of the heart. You got up everyday and put it on, same as your pants, your boots, and you kept treading the constant path. "
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