The Sound Between the Notes

The Sound Between the Notes is Probst's second novel. It's framed around a middle-aged woman, who gave up her career as a concert pianist to raise a family, and now has a second-chance at a prestigious concert, only to find a hereditary disease affecting her hand which may not only rob her of the chance but brings up painful memories of the birth mother who gave her up for adoption and a sister she never knew she had. Women's fiction at its most lyrical and poignant. Highly recommended if you love beautifully-written prose that explores a women's deepest fears and longing, both for a family to belong to but also fulfillment of her own strong need to express herself through her work.