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Music Minus One

Music Minus One

by Jane Shore

Book Details

Publisher: Picador
Published: 1997
Language: en
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9780312169442
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Confidence: 85%

Content Intensity

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💥ViolenceNone
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❤️Love & RomanceNone
1
🧠Mental HealthVery low
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💬!*$#LanguageNone
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🍷🚬Substance UseNone
1
😨Fear / HorrorVery low

Story Themes

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🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalNot present
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🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationBrief mention
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🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
0
Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

Comprised of interwoven narratives, Music Minus One begins in 1950s New Jersey, with Jewish-owned shops along a city avenue, the tensions of the Cold War, and Jane Shore's childhood home above her parents' clothing store. The title of this Jane Shore's father played the saxophone with the Big Bands of the thirties and forties and figures prominently in this book.

Themes & Topics

PoetryAmerican
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