Nashville, TN based author and musician.

With candor and tenderness, a poet and musician shares with us the conflict between the two women shaping her youth. Her mother Rebecca, a beautiful and brilliant violinist, plays on burgeoning television and wins the attention of Frank Sinatra only to be forced into obscurity by the return of men from World War II. Grandmother Bamo fights for peace between her daughter and granddaughter while

battling darkness within herself. All three earn our interest and empathy.

- - - Betty Palmer Nelson

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“The vivid background of this story is mid-century Hollywood glamour and New York City life as seen through the eyes of a child. There are so many great storylines here: mom’s work as a successful musician; a secret relationship with Frank Sinatra; and a kid caught up in a famous television scandal. But at the heart of it all is a daughter, mother and grandmother- three generations of women coping with possibilities, expectations, disappointments, and the gritty reality of life in the 1950s and 60s.”

- - - Eric Melcher