Witches' Dance by Erin Eileen Almond

FIC043000 FICTION / Coming of AgeFIC045000 FICTION / Family Life / GeneralFIC019000 FICTION / LiteraryPrint ISBN: 978-1-941360-29-3Digital ISBN: 978-1-941360-30-9Paperback, 5.5x8.25 • 464 pages • Case: 28 Hilda Greer's love affair with the violin began at the age of seven, when she attended a performance by the virtuoso Phillip Manns. She believed him with a child’s faith when he declared himself the reincarnation of Niccolò Paganini and then dashed from the stage, his mind in ruins. Nearly a decade after his breakdown, Phillip Manns is a recluse, insulated against the temptations of music—until a former colleague begs him to teach at a nearby conservatory. It’s there that he meets Hilda Greer, who’s come to audition and plays the piece that started it all: Paganini’s Le Streghe, or Witches’ Dance. Entranced by the character of Hilda’s playing and unable to resist the siren call of music, Phillip takes Hilda under his wing. The two start a witches’ dance of their own, a whirlwind that