QUARTET is the story of four talented string players who meet
at a music conservatory in Cooperstown ,
New York
Kat Dobro, a
fiery Romanian-American, drives herself toward greatness—or destruction; Suyin
Zhang, borderline anorexic, struggles to break free of the Asian-American
stereotype—and from her mother; Ana Kozerski, a Russian exchange student, has
big dreams—and bigger secrets; Jaz Phillips, class-clown, has the gift to make
everyone play better—except herself. As a team, they strive to win America ’s
premier string quartet competition, encountering ups and downs on their four-year
journey from being girls to becoming women.
Like a classical string quartet, this novel weaves multiple
themes with multiple voices, exchanging melodies, building harmonies, moving
back and forth from dissonance to consonance. QUARTET is an adult novel that
the 15-25 generation will relate to. The twists and turns will make you laugh
and cry. Perhaps, you will hear Mozart.
