Unstrung, Laura Spinella
Unstrung, Laura Spinella
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Unstrung

Author: Laura Spinella

Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti

Unabridged: 14 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/21/2017

Synopsis

For fans of Inglath Cooper and Catherine Ryan Hyde, a novel that Publishers Weekly calls "…a wrenching tale of love and loss."Even as a violin prodigy, Olivia Klein courted trouble. But when her marriage to high-stakes investor Rob Van Doren takes another wrong turn, Olivia acts out once too often. A night of bad behavior results in community service hours. Time is to be served with Theo McAdams, an inner-city teacher whose passion for music eclipses Olivia's. As she inches toward a better place, life surprises Olivia in the form of her first husband—baseball legend Sam Nash.Years ago, Olivia fell in love with Sam. Their impulsive marriage imploded with a fateful car crash and harsh parting words. Olivia never expected to see him again. But now Sam is back, and he wants her forgiveness. He also wants to recapture their volatile love affair. Olivia is torn between rekindling romance and saving her marriage. To her surprise, it's the presence of the young music teacher—and the lessons from a reckless past—that may bring harmony to Olivia's off-key life.

About Laura Spinella

Laura Spinella is the author of the #1 Kindle bestseller Ghost Gifts, soon to be a trilogy. Book two is coming in 2017! In addition to her latest work, Unstrung, she's penned the award-winning novels Beautiful Disaster and Perfect Timing. She also writes romantic suspense, featuring the Clairmont Series Novels, under the pen name L. J. Wilson. Spinella currently lives in the Boston area with her family, where she can always be found writing her next novel. She loves to hear from readers; visit her at www.lauraspinella.net and www.ljwilson.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jx PinkLady Reviews ♡ on April 12, 2017

Unstrung is a beautiful piece of Contemporary Women's Fiction that provided me with the loveliest of reading experiences. A plethora of multifaceted characters cohesively produced a wonderful story of love, hope and longing. Unstrung did not take me to a place I expected, it went further than I imag......more

Goodreads review by Laura on August 23, 2016

I'm excited to deliver Unstrung to readers--the novel slated to nest between Ghost Gifts and its sequel. Honestly? Unstrung couldn't take a bigger step away from Ghost Gifts--a story (and trilogy) that thrives on magic realism--to a book that strips down to the rawest human emotion, how we see ourse......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on July 28, 2016

UNSTRUNG is one of those fabulous novels that refuses to fit neatly into any genre; and Olivia, the brilliant violinist who sees her gift as a curse, is a tortured heroine who refuses to be a victim. When we first meet her, she's about to throw up in a garbage can while attempting to play nice befor......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on February 21, 2017

I turned to the first page of Unstrung expecting a story about music. Instead, I discovered a wonderfully written story about reconnecting with who we really are, of finally seeing ourselves stripped of other people’s baggage. Spinella offers a glimpse of characters who are at their most raw, weavin......more

Goodreads review by Susan on February 24, 2020

Beginning with the first chapter, Unstrung packs a powerful emotional punch, as we meet the volatile Olivia Van Doren. Olivia is a masterful violinist, a woman of exceptional talent, a woman whose past contains numerous secrets and regrets; secrets that neither her husband, Rob, nor her best friend,......more

Quotes

"In Spinella's wrenching tale of love and loss, one woman must come to terms with her past and the decisions that have shaped her life. Spinella has filled her incredibly emotional novel with multifaceted characters, and nothing is as simple as it seems in this true page-turner." —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Every character is a work in progress, which makes this tale extremely realistic." —RT Book Reviews"In Unstrung, Laura Spinella orchestrates a brilliant, multi-layered story about family expectations, forgiveness, and whether we can truly love ourselves and others just as we are. With an emotionally explosive opening, Unstrung follows Olivia Van Doren, a gifted concert violinist who sees her gift as a curse, as her life unravels in a shocking series of twists and turns that captivate the reader from page one and doesn't let go until it crescendos into a symphonic ending that leaves you breathless. As lyrical, dynamic, and riveting as the compositions Olivia performs, Unstrung is an honest and raw exploration of one woman's journey as she learns to embrace her talents and the goodness life has to offer." —Kerry Lonsdale, author of the #1 Kindle bestselling novel, Everything We Keep

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