This is a slow-paced, thoughtful book. I haven’t read anything like that recently, and it made me appreciate that reading can be relaxing and enriching without being overly manipulative or dramatic. Of course, if you don’t have any great interest in pianos or Paris, this may not be your cup of tea (or it may be your Tylenol PM). If, like me, you can’t help stealing glances every few minutes if there is a piano in the room, this book holds some treasures for you.