Rhapsody

Mitchell James Kaplan [brings] his impressive knowledge of history, composition, and the hearts whims to bear on this shining rendition of Swift and Gershwins star-crossed love. Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of Z and A Good Neighborhood A lilting, jazzy ballad as catchy as a Gershwin tuneRhapsody will have you humming, toe-tapping, and singing along with every turn of the page. Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Huntress One evening in 1924, Katharine Kay Swiftthe restless but loyal society wife of wealthy banker James Warburg and a serious pianist who longs for recognitionattends a concert. The piece: Rhapsody in Blue. The composer: a brilliant, elusive young musical genius named George Gershwin. Kay is transfixed, helpless to resist the magnetic pull of Georges talent, charm, and swagger. Their ten-year love affair, complicated by her conflicted loyalty to her husband and the twists and turns of her own musical career, ends only with Georges death from a brain tumor at the age of thirty-eight. Set in Jazz Age New York City, this stunning work of fiction, for fans of The Paris Wife and Loving Frank, explores the timeless bond between two brilliant, strong-willed artists. George Gershwin left behind not just a body of work unmatched in popular musical history, but a woman who loved him with all her heart, knowing all the while that he belonged not to her, but to the world.