First line: “It’s not always a Steinway.”
Robin Meloy Goldsby has played the piano everywhere from a Holiday Inn in suburbia to a private island full of drugged up trophy wives. Her memoir is more of a series of vignettes from her long career playing piano in lounges around the world than a cohesive, linear story, making the collection something you read in bits and pieces than in one sitting, but Piano Girl is fascinating. She writes about the famous people she has worked with along the way – Fred Rogers’ crew, “Sesame Street” cast members – with the same respect that she writes about the waitstaff and fellow musicians that populate her life. Her writing style is direct and funny and she gives the reader a true peek into the world of a musician.
For: Anyone who’s ever played an instrument, or at least has an appreciation for one. – Jenny Coon Peterson