Body and Soul A Novel

Name: Body and Soul A Novel
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ISBN: 9780385319867

ISBN-10: 038531986X

ISBN-13: 9780385319867

Edition: N/A

Authors: Frank Conroy

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In the dim light of a basement apartment, six-year-old Claude Rawlings sits at an old white piano, picking out the sounds he has heard on the radio and shutting out the reality of his lonely world. The setting is 1940s New York, a city that is "long gone, replaced by another city of the same name." Against a backdrop that pulses with sound and rhythm, Body & Soul brilliantly evokes the life of a child prodigy whose musical genius pulls him out of squalor and into the drawing rooms of the rich and a gilt-edged marriage. But the same talent that transforms him also hurtles Claude into a lonely world of obsession and relentless ambition. From Carnegie Hall to the smoky jazz clubs of London,…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/8/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.30" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

FRANK CONROY is the director of the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa. He is also an accomplished jazz pianist.



Acknowledgments


Introduction Getting a View from the Ferris Wheel



Playing Mind Reader


Understanding Your Middler's Developing Intellect



House of Mirrors


Coping with Growing Bodies and Distorted Images



Haunted House


The Emotions and Tensions Your Middler Feels



Escape Artist


Your Middler's Battle for Independence



Three-Ring Circus


Why Your Middler Is Distracted, Disorganized,[el]and Disinterested



Ringing the Bell


Helping Your Middler Succeed in School



Enduring the Bumper Cars


Sibling Rivalry, Peer Pressure, and Other Obstacles



Video Arcade


The Promise and Peril of the Electronic Media



Lions, Tigers, and Bears


Protecting Your Middler from Tobacco, Alcohol,[el]and Drugs



The Tunnel of Love


Sexuality and Your Middler



Cotton Candy Time


Handling the Sticky Questions About Your Own Past


Epilogue


Recommended Reading and Resources


National Middle School Association