Grand Obsession

I recently read Grand Obsession by Perri Knize. The author has written articles on environmental policy and has had articles in The Atlatantic Monthly, Audubon, Sports Illustrated, Conde' Nast Traveler, and Outside.

 

Here is the book cover synopsis:

 

A fastinating, lyrical memoir about one woman's obsessive search for the perfect piano--and about finding and persuing passion at any age.

 

How can a particular piano be so seductive that somewne would turn her live upside down to answer its call? How does music change human consciousness and transport us to rapture? What makes it beautiful? In this elegantly written and heartfelt account, Perri Knize explores these questions with a mjusic lover's ardor, a poetps inspiration, and a reporter's thirst for knowledge?

 

My thoughts:

 

Obsession seems crazy after more than half the book.

 

I think she started writing the book, and then went into the research mode with forty hours of recordings of interviews. She does have quotes that are exactly what was said.

 

As a piano technician, I learned some stuff and felt on other points were diffused by her telling me technical things that others had told her--much was lost in translation.