2021/009: The Morning Gift -- Eva Ibbotson

2021/009: The Morning Gift -- Eva Ibbotson

‘I want to live like music sounds,’ she had said once, coming out of a concert at the Musikverein. [p. 12]

Reread, though I don't think I've read this since the last millennium, and (as usual) I recalled only the broad outlines of the plot.

Ruth Berger grows up in 1920s and 1930s Vienna, the adored only child of a university professor and his elegant wife. She falls in love with music at an early age, and subsequently with her cousin Heini, a gifted (though egotistical) pianist.( some spoilers )