The Schubert Treatment: A Story of Music and Healing

For readers of Oliver Sacks and Being Mortal by Atul Gawande comes a “shimmery account of performing … for a series of patients with varied afflictions, including the inevitable final one.”—New York Times

A celebrated art therapist plays the cello for her patients—and offers a moving reflection on the extraordinary power of music to enrich our lives, all the way to the very end.

When Claire Oppert plays the cello, miracles happen. Children with profound autism, patients in extreme pain and di...