The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart

Tuesday, February 5 through Friday, February 22, 2002. Read by Jim Fleming.

Every morning as he walked his children to school, American ex-pat Carhart passed a small shop, Desforges Pianos, which called to him. But every time he went in he was rebuffed. Eventually he gained entry to a place of magic; a hangout where university professors and car mechanics from the neighborhood gathered to discuss music, love and life.

(Random House; ISBN-10: 0375503048)

Theme: John Bayless, piano: “Musetta’s Waltz” from Puccini’s “La Boheme” from The Puccini Album: arias for piano (Angel CDC 54801)