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Two Trees
***Based upon the legends of music and master violins.***
Richard Gaspar has no heart. It stopped beating when he was seventeen...
Richard's brilliant performances thrill the cheering masses, yet his scars run deep and behind the charade lies pain and devastation. While searching for a master instrument to further his career, Richard's closest friends, Mark and Cercie, play upon two new violins that magically bring the music to life. The first rings like church bells and laughs in the voice of a young girl, the other fills the concert hall with crashes of thunder and the roaring of lions sounding so real that Richard believes he is about to be devoured in the Roman coliseum.
Intertwined with the making of Richard's incredible master violin and his unpredictable relationship with the Master Luthier, is the story of Richard's childhood and of eleven-year-old Michelle Ross, who stumbles into his life and teaches him all there is to know about friendship, and later how to love. She is passionate and adventurous together are thrilling and heartwarming.
Could there be a reclusive craftsman somewhere, who holds the secrets of the old masters? Can the music of a master violin really mend a broken heart?
Enter a world of dreams and passion; where fantasies become real, and the secrets are only a page turn away.
Enter the world of the Master Luthier...
Richard Gaspar has no heart. It stopped beating when he was seventeen...
Richard's brilliant performances thrill the cheering masses, yet his scars run deep and behind the charade lies pain and devastation. While searching for a master instrument to further his career, Richard's closest friends, Mark and Cercie, play upon two new violins that magically bring the music to life. The first rings like church bells and laughs in the voice of a young girl, the other fills the concert hall with crashes of thunder and the roaring of lions sounding so real that Richard believes he is about to be devoured in the Roman coliseum.
Intertwined with the making of Richard's incredible master violin and his unpredictable relationship with the Master Luthier, is the story of Richard's childhood and of eleven-year-old Michelle Ross, who stumbles into his life and teaches him all there is to know about friendship, and later how to love. She is passionate and adventurous together are thrilling and heartwarming.
Could there be a reclusive craftsman somewhere, who holds the secrets of the old masters? Can the music of a master violin really mend a broken heart?
Enter a world of dreams and passion; where fantasies become real, and the secrets are only a page turn away.
Enter the world of the Master Luthier...
242 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 12, 2001
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July 26, 2013
I didn't realize a book could make me feel so many emotions. It made me cry not just once but twice and I felt for almost every character. I now know what a well written "true love" story should look and feel like. It made me want to be a better person, a better lover and friend. It taught me life lessons I don't want to forget. I think I'm going to be comparing every book I read from now on to "Two Trees"...regardless of if I'm reading a love story,or an adventure or mystery.
February 11, 2022
I cried. I’m a grown man that never cries.
As I have just finished the final words of this masterpiece, I know that I have just witnessed one of the most beautiful stories and lessons ever told. It’s as if this story was written just for me and gave the exact life-changing revelations I needed. Thank you, Master Luthier.
As I have just finished the final words of this masterpiece, I know that I have just witnessed one of the most beautiful stories and lessons ever told. It’s as if this story was written just for me and gave the exact life-changing revelations I needed. Thank you, Master Luthier.
April 3, 2008
Way adorable. Not as good as the first two, but still amazing. Bree, you have to borrow these ones.
April 1, 2008
This book is written by a friend of our family. This book is good, I highly recommend it (and the other books in this series.) :)
May 18, 2010
This is interesting but it's been slow to get into. Don't know if it's me or the book.
July 6, 2012
I made it to chapter five, but I really don't care about the characters or the story or the fact that this books seems to be selling the idea that a new violin is as good as an old one.
May 23, 2013
It made me cry.
December 31, 2017
This book is an amazing emotional roller coaster. I loved following the storyline and I loved watching the characters develop the story into something amazing. Definitely in my top 20.
April 8, 2017
A Joy: a journey, a rosin for living.
Having just taken up the violin for the first time in 30 years, the resonance with my feelings for this wonderful instrument were exquisitely heightened.
The violin is a symbol of, if not the greatest expression of human creativity, and Richard takes us to the very heart of the transcendent love that vivifies this embodiment of the most beautiful of all human activity: music.
Having just taken up the violin for the first time in 30 years, the resonance with my feelings for this wonderful instrument were exquisitely heightened.
The violin is a symbol of, if not the greatest expression of human creativity, and Richard takes us to the very heart of the transcendent love that vivifies this embodiment of the most beautiful of all human activity: music.
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