Countermelodies: A Memoir in Sonata Form

She won the audition of her dreams . . . only to find that her beloved mentor had become her most dangerous enemy.

Growing up in the shadow of a brilliant older sister, ignored by a father who dismissed her ambitions, music was the one place Ernestine belonged. Her flute teacher saw what no one else did: talent, fire, and potential. For years, he was the father she never had. So when at twenty she wins a seat in the Atlanta Symphony, sitting beside the mentor she adores, it is everything she...