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Andrea J. Buchanan Discussing "Five-Part Invention" at Head House Books

  • 1315 Walnut Street 619 South 2nd Street Philadelphia, PA 19147 United States (map)

Join Andrea J. Buchanan as she discusses her debut novel "Five-Part Invention" with Ona Gritz.

Spanning five generations of women, Five-Part Intervention wrestles with the question—if trauma echoes through generations, can love echo, too? Is the love we transmit enough to undo the trauma of the past that we unwittingly carry with us and often re-enact in the present?

When Lise, a pianist, suffers a nervous breakdown early in her marriage, her husband, in a warped act of protection and jealousy, has her piano taken away. With prose that is precise and emotionally affecting, Buchanan vividly renders how Lise's separation from her one source of expression and fulfilment cascades into her relationship with her daughter, leaving a legacy of trauma that echoes through the generations to come. Characters emerge broken and passionate, jagged, and yet hopeful and emotionally resonant, written in a way that only Buchanan, herself a conservatory-trained pianist, could achieve.

Blue Stoop is co-sponsoring this event.


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