Children's Bach The challenge is the litany

The challenge is the litany of intrusions that bar his way--from memories of his past to the nattering of smartphones to his son's relentless desire to make an electronic dance album

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Children's Bach The challenge is the litanyThe New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Now in a new edition with a foreword by Rumaan Alam, a modern classic from one of Australia's greatest writers "It's high time American readers knew her generous, category defying imagination." New York Times "The Children's Bach is [Garner's] masterpiece." Public Books Set in suburban Melbourne in the early 1980s, The Children's Bach centers on Dexter and Athena Fox, their two sons, and the insulated