Book Tour Sign Up : PRIVATE LESSONS by Cynthia Salaysay
Dear Bloggers, welcome back to Masquerade Melody Book Tours. We are pleased to announce our next tour of this important and highly anticipated release from Candlewick Press. PRIVATE LESSONS is a beautifully lyrical book, perfect for the #MeToo era and for girls who are rising up to find their own voices. SYNOPSIS : After seventeen-year-old Claire Alalay’s father's death, only music has helped her channel her grief. Claire likes herself best when she plays his old piano, a welcome escape from the sadness — and her traditional Filipino mother’s prayer groups. In the hopes of earning a college scholarship, Claire auditions for Paul Avon, a prominent piano teacher, who agrees to take Claire as a pupil. Soon Claire loses herself in Paul’s world and his way of digging into a composition’s emotional core. She practices constantly, foregoing a social life, but no matter how hard she works or how well she plays, it seems impossible to gain Paul’s approval, let alone his a