Notes from A Minor Key: A Memoir of Music, Love, and Healing

By Dawn Bailiff

Dawn Bailiff eloquently tells the story of her struggle over the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis that stole her identity as a rising star in the classical music world, performing as a piano... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571745548
• ISBN13: 9781571745545
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Company
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A Heroine of Today

What an incredible writer Dawn is, and what a heroic story she shares with us. I was awed by her word-ability -- Dawn is truly capable of giving the reader an intimate portrait that has us experience, along with her, the triumphs and tragedies that she so adeptly relates with her two-character style of writing. She is a genius of a person. A gifted musician and now an insightful story teller. She expresses her superior intelligence in such a down to earth way that she makes it easy for us to like her and want to be her friend. I was moved emotionally as the story unfolded. In fact, knowing her story in advance of my reading, I found myself reluctant to read on, knowing what was to come. I'd put the book away for days eventually braving her words. I couldn't believe the amount of pain she somehow tolerates, yet transmutes through her spiritual exercises. Dawn shows us the way a true believer struggles with overwhelming situations and actually achieves victories over adversities. Worthy of being put on the Oprah Show, and let the world get to know a Giant of Spiritual Power, one who shows us the way. She is truly a 21st Century woman.God Bless Her.

courage

This is a facinating story of a remarkable woman who courageously survives in spite of contacting MS and suffering other personal tragedies. This is a passionate love story of a gifted artist that is deeply moving and invites the reader inside her thoughts. A page turner.

Couldn't put this book down!

What an exceptional piece of writing! I've never read anything by a man or a woman that is as raw and honest. Through the telling of a beautiful love story, Dawn Bailiff becomes vulnerable to the the reader in a most powerful way. She came into this world with incredible intelligence and talent. While she continuously struggles with the effects of multiple sclerosis and has suffered unimaginable losses, she continues to share her greatness through the gift of this book.

A Memoir Of Great Music and Incredible Internal Strength

Notes from a Minor Key: A Memoir of Music, Love, and HealingOne of the best books I have read. It is a compelling memoir of triumph over potentially life crushing disasters. Dawn Bailiff, once one of the world's most talented pianists, elegantly and interestingly recounts her struggles to achieve greatness as a musician at a young age, her loving and intellectually stimulating relationship with her composer husband, and her ability to overcome debilitating diseases and the tragic deaths of all who she held dear. The memoir is effectively written alternately in the first person of Dawn and her husband. This book is a must read for all who appreciate great music, incisive writing, a highly intellectual examination of life and spirituality, and heroic internal strength.