Two Trees (The Luthier's Diary Series)

By Kevin Lee Luthier

Book Overview

"Two Trees." By Kevin Lee Luthier A novel of love, written by a master violinmaker. (Book one in the Luthier's Diary Series) Written to inspire, entertain and give hope to those that have the courage... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970491344
• ISBN13: 9780970491343
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Lee Instruments
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

This Book has changed my life!

If a book could be given a ten star rating I would rate this book a ten. Written in a style and manner that inspires and entertains to such a degree that I found it near impossible to put this book down until it was finished! This book is not only a story about true love between two young people, but instills a love for music, violins, and excellence in all things. I bought a violin and have commenced playing it daily! A book for all ages, and one that in 30 years you will still remember. A book for men, women, and children from all walks of life who desire to make tomorrow better than today. A must for musicians and collectors of Master Violins. For those who have heard one of Kevin's violins played it is undesputable that he is a true Master Luthier. This book shows that that is not where his talents end....

One of the best books I've ever read.

This is one of my favorite books of all time. This author is an excellant story teller with a mixture of truth and legend. Once I started reading I didn't want to put it down. I thought about it all the time. It shows what love should be and it gave me a desire to be a better person. I'm also a bigger tipper now. I found that many of the things written in the book about Guarneri, Stradivari, and other great violinists and luthiers are very accurate. I am somewhat familar with violin making and the fact that it is impossible to duplicate the sound of some of these old violins. To my knowlegde there is only one man on earth today who has done it and he lives in Southern Utah.

Could not put this book down until finished!!!

I've reread it even, it's a beautiful story that captures your attention and holds on tight!

Master Violins, Masterful Books

I had a hard time reading this book straight through, honestly. Every time I would finish a chapter, I had a sudden urge to go play my violin, or to call my loved ones and tell me what they meant to me. This book has an uplifting power that's rarely seen in the world anymore. In a culture where anything with meaning has to be blatantly spelled out, this book is delightful in that it lets you draw your own conclusions from the information presented. I work for a master luthier, and the depictions of the luthier are a masterful work of part reality, part legend, and part embellishment. Kevin Lee has taken the legends about luthiers, the misconceptions, and the actuality, and meshed them into an amazing fantastical composite. Yet somehow, he's done so in a manner that leaves you questioning how much is real and how much is not. On an earlier edition of the book, the genre is on the spine and listed as "Fiction?". I think that is, by far, the best explaination of the book. Welcome to the world of the Luthier.

hot, but morally uplifting

When you want to read a WONDERFUL book that will make you laugh and cry and feel great, this one is it! It is great for the whole family, and if you love music you will really like this book!