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The Lucy Variations | May 15, 2013

by Sara Zarr (Little, Brown BFYR , May 2013)

Lucy Beck-Moreau used to have it all figured out. Endless rehearsals and a nonexistent social life were a small price to pay for a future of certainty, a future in which she becomes the best concert pianist the world has ever seen. But that was before her grandma died. Before she decided to walk away from her pitch-perfect life and everything she’s ever known.

The Lucy Variations is a stunning exploration of one girl’s rediscovery of her passion for music, and the subsequent struggle to figure out how that fits into her future. In true Sara Zarr form, this story takes readers on a roller-coaster of emotions as Lucy attempts to reconcile what she thinks she wants and what her friends and family expect her to want. Zarr aptly captures the messiness of being a teenager, of being a not-quite adult making decidedly adult decisions. What I love most about Sara Zarr’s books is that they never fail to ring true to the human experience, teenage or otherwise. Her characters never shy away from life’s big questions, leading to poignant, heartbreakingly honest revelations. The Lucy Variations is no exception. Watch Lucy as she reexamines a world she had always accepted at face value. I promise it’ll be a satisfying experience.

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