A Song for the Road, Kathleen Basi
A Song for the Road, Kathleen Basi
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A Song for the Road

Author: Kathleen Basi

Narrator: Nancy Peterson

Unabridged: 11 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/11/2021

Synopsis

It's one year after the death of her husband and twin teenagers, and Miriam Tedesco has lost faith in humanity and herself. When a bouquet of flowers that her husband always sends on their anniversary shows up at her workplace, she completely unravels. With the help of her best friend, she realizes that it's time to pick up the pieces and begin to move on. Step one is not even cleaning out her family's possessions but just taking inventory, starting with her daughter's room. But when she opens her daughter's computer, she stumbles across a program her daughter has created detailing an automated cross-country road trip, for her and her husband to take as soon-to-be empty nesters. Seeing and hearing the video clips of her kids embedded in the program, Miriam is determined to take this trip for her children. Armed with her husband's guitar, her daughter's cello, and her son's unfinished piano sonata, she embarks on a pilgrimage to grieve the family she fears she never loved enough. Soon, tornadoes, impromptu concerts, and an unlikely friendship bring Miriams world back to life... whether she's prepared for it or not. But as she struggles to keep her focus on the reason she set out on this journey, she has to confront the possibility that the best way to honor her family may be to accept the truths she never wanted to face. Hopeful, honest, and tender, A Song for the Road is about courage, vulnerability, and forgiveness, even of yourself, when it really matters.

About Kathleen Basi

Kathleen Basi is the author of A Song for the Road. A classical flutist, she has composed a number of works for instrumental and choral ensembles. Her writing can be found in Apeiron Review, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and NPR's All Things Considered.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on June 15, 2021

A Song For The Road is a touching story about Miriam, a church musician whose husband and two teenaged twins were killed by a drunk driver a year ago. Still grieving, she has a hard time with the day-to-day aspects of her life. One day when cleaning out her daughter’s room, she finds out that she cre......more

Goodreads review by Berit☀️✨ on May 23, 2021

ALL THE STARS for this beautifully told emotional story! Kathleen Basi’s debut hit me right in the feels and uplifted my heart. This is the story of one woman’s journey through grief, simultaneously heartwrenching and hopeful. Miriam Lost her husband and twin teenagers a year ago. She thinks she is......more

Goodreads review by Nursebookie on May 05, 2021

Miriam Tedesco, a choir director and pianist in a Catholic parish church in Atlanta, Georgia just got sent flowers by a ghost. There begins how her life starts to unravel. Her husband never misses an anniversary and just like clockwork, the bouquet of flowers arrive. But it’s been a year since the t......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on February 10, 2021

I read this many moons ago in manuscript form, but the story has stayed with me. A SONG FOR THE ROAD is a powerful, emotionally complex story about reconciling love with loss, and the healing power of music. When a grieving wife and mother claims a surprise gift from her deceased family—a cross-coun......more

Goodreads review by Desiree on September 17, 2021

A sad read that perhaps I was just not in the right mood for. Unfortunately for A Song for the Road, I had just read Minnie Darke’s The Lost Love Song a few days prior – a book that explored a similar theme of the power of music to bring people together – which I’ll admit could have affected my inte......more

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