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On a stifling August night in 1906, Karl Bauer fired two shots at his second wife. His sixteen-year old daughter, Minna struggled to wrest the revolver from his hands and the shots went wild. Her father, believing that he had murdered, turned the gun on himself. His wife, the truly wicked step-mother, survived. He died. This true event serves as the fulcrum for the story. Read more

About Mary Lou Chayes

Ms. Chayes holds a bachelor of music degree from Lindenwood College, a degree in Interior and Environmental Design from UCLA and was writer and executive producer of a critically acclaimed documentary film about her renowned teacher of piano, Karl Ulrich Schnabel.
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Excerpt from the Book

Minna sits in a swivel armchair, gazing out the large window at the blurred swipe of gray, the Charles River winding below. She marvels, what a wonderful view Julie has here. Rain and gusts of wind slather the pane lavishly. For a surreal second the room is brilliant with lightning. Thunder explodes like a threat.
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ISBN: 9781608440245
332 pages
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