Piano Girl: A Memoir

Piano Girl: A Memoir
by Robin Meloy Goldsby

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Author: Robin Meloy Goldsby
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-05-01
ISBN: 0879308826
Number of pages: 278
Publisher: Backbeat Books

Book Reviews of Piano Girl: A Memoir

Book Review: I expected so much more
Summary: 3 Stars

I quickly read the whole book with anticipation and never learned anything about the author. Oh sure, lots of amusing anecdotes of her life as a lounge piano player, but nothing showing WHO she is. Isn't that what a memoir is about?

Surely her life wasn't all pop tunes. I would have liked to read about her insights, her setbacks, her reflections on who she was and where she was going, her life's journey. Was it all only background music?

Instead it was just a series of humorous and entertaining stories, never showing us the person who they happened to.

A shame. A wasted opportunity. A disappointment, besides being an "enjoyable read."

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Summary of Piano Girl: A Memoir

Piano Girl is the story of a young woman's accidental career as a cocktail lounge piano player. This entertaining memoir provides a glimpse into the comedies, tragedies, and mundane miracles witnessed from the business side of the eighty-eights. Showing how she had connected with people she has met while touring the world, Robin Goldsby is full of insights into the art of piano playing as well as inspiring life lessons. Piano Girl shows that anything can happen as people wander through Robin's real-time soundtrack to life.

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