Vivian Wagner

Lots on details about fiddling and fiddlers of all kinds (bluegrass, celtic, klezmer, etc.) and how the violin is made. It's also about the author's odyssey from former Suzuki violin student and a mom to a divorced woman and fiddler. In theory this should have very interesting, but somehow it wasn't. The author didn't really reveal much of the her interior dialogue and emotions or about the failing relationship, and I felt disconnected from her story. Which would have been fine if the fiddling part had held me. Sadly even though I totally share her musical background and bluegrass interest, the fiddling information just wasn't written in a vibrant narrative way and also lost my interest. Bummer, I was looking forward to it.… (mehr)