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The spellbinding memoir of the violin virtuoso who manages to lose the tool that had identified her both on stage and off - and who discovers, beyond the violin, the music of her own tone of voice. Her first violin was little, harsh, factory-made; her first part was "Twinkle Twinkle, Little Superstar". But from the start, Min Kym recognized that music was the component where she could swim and dive and soar. At seven years old, she was a prodigy, the youngest ever before college student at the famed Purcell Institution. At 11, she received her first international reward; at 18, violinist great Ruggiero Ricci called her "the most skilled violinist I've ever before taught". With 21, she found "the one", the violin she'd play as a soloist: a exceptional 1696 Stradivarius. Her profession took off. She recorded the Brahms concerto and a global tour was organized. Then, in a London café, her violin was stolen. She felt as if she acquired lost her soulmate, and with it her sense of who she was. Immediately she became struggling to play or function, stunned into silence. In this lucid and transfixing memoir, Kym reckons with the space still left by her violin's lack. She recognizes with new sight her past as a kid prodigy, with its isolation and crushing targets; her combustible romantic relationships with educators and with a domineering sweetheart; and her navigation of two completely different worlds, her traditional Korean family and her music. And in the stark yet clarifying light of her loss, she rediscovers her tone of voice and herself.
