Hello, Agnieszka

A 70s story of love, betrayal, and the healing power of music.

Elise thought she knew her mother, Agnieszka Halverson. A caring woman, a great cook, and an exceptional piano player who lives in a secure, predictable world, she also seems a little dull to her daughter. Agnieszka’s world is devastated when her oldest son attempts suicide, and Elise finds her mother has a past, both sweet and bitter, that she must now reveal to explain the suicide attempt.

Born to immigrant parents weighed down by their roots, Agnieszka takes solace in learning to play the piano, taught by a sympathetic aunt who was a concert pianist in Poland before World War II. But when her aunt betrays her and her parents cast her aside for violating their traditional values, can Agnieszka’s music sustain her? Can she, at eighteen, build a life on her own?

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