A piano for Mrs. Cimino

By William Klasne and Robert Oliphant

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0138515689
• ISBN13: 9780138515683
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Good Book About an Unusual Subject

Not many books published with an elderly woman as the main character. Mrs. Cimino, because of unusual stress, has become confused. A hearing is held, a guardian appointed, her assets placed under control of a bank, and she is sent to a nursing home. Thanks to her granddaughter, she is moved to a home that helps her recover. The bank has sold her home and possessions with no interference from her two sons, so she moves to an apartment hotel. But she must, with difficulty, sue for a larger allowance from her own money and to regain some control over her own assets. Once placed under guardianship, few recover control of their own lives. Even Mrs. Cimino, who is quite well off financially, does not get all she asks. And she is warned by her attorney that the bank might ship her to another nursing home to avoid losing control of her money. An absorbing story with characters who seem real. After reading it, one doesn't have to wonder what happens to less wealthy people in the same situation.

A young man's fight to retain his ideals in a corrupt world.

This is a moving, powerful novel about an idealist's search for meaning in a callous, corrupt society. The characters are multi-faceted -- not all good, or all bad, just achingly human. Klasne is a lyrical, talented writer. I was deeply touched by this book.

A young man's fight to retain his ideals in a corrupt world.

This is a moving, powerful novel about an idealist's search for meaning in a callous, corrupt society. The characters are multi-faceted -- not all good, not all bad, but always achingly human. Klasne is a lyrical, talented writer. I was deeply touched by this book.