A wonderful treat in store today with Chris Cander who takes us on a journey into none other than Death Valley….oooh er…. Her novel The Weight of a Piano is largely set in this vast and fascinating atmosphere…. Travel to Death Valley with Chris Cander and...
— The Booktrail, Feb 7 2020
The lives of two women – one in 1960s Soviet Union, one in 2010s California – are linked in this novel by one very cumbersome object: a huge German Blüthner piano. While one woman loves the instrument for giving her a way to express herself, the other remains stuck with...
— Monocle, Jan 25 2020
Belongings are useful to novelists, for obvious reasons. They can be hoarded, handed on, lost, stolen, used instrumentally or inappropriately and, most importantly, become the vessels of feelings we can’t or don’t want to understand. Their materiality illustrates issues of...