A Secret Music

Set in 1936 Montreal, "A Secret Music" is the story of Lawrence Nolan, a sensitive fifteen-year-old piano prodigy who is growing up in the shadow of his mother's mental illness. Lawrence is forced to keep his mother's condition a shameful secret, and he attempts to raise himself and his younger brother. He counteracts the deep ache and creeping mistrust caused by his mother's emotional absence by escaping into the intense realm of classical music, which is the only language he understands. When his brother becomes ill, Lawrence is left with enormous responsibilities. At a piano competition in Montreal, he makes a climactic decision that puts his future on hold in order to salvage his family life.

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