The music is important

Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music

"Now I know that music can heal people. I know it saved my life, kept me alive, and gave me hope when I had nothing else."
James Rhodes was raped by his school gym teacher when he was 6. More than once.
More than 30 years later, he is still haunted by this incident. In this book, he unabashedly recounts every searing detail of his life: sexual assault, escaping through drugs and alcohol, suicide, forced treatment in a mental hospital; first love, marriage, the birth of a child, divorce, and falling in love again...
But it was music that truly set him apart. At 10, while attending boarding school, Rhodes heard Bach's Chaconne and, from then on, devoted himself to piano lessons. Music and the piano accompanied him through several major reconstructive surgeries, difficult school years, and periods of depression. He also recorded albums, gave recitals, and wrote this book. Music was his salvation; music could save his life.

2017-08-01

上海人民出版社

Century Wenjing

320

9787208145290