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One brilliant surgeon. One shattering loss.
One last chance to play from the heart.
Dr. Ray Stark has spent his life inside other people's heads, and almost none of it inside his own heart. When an unfathomable loss shatters his world, he reaches for the saxophone he set aside years ago. Start reading this jazz-infused love story today, delivered straight to your inbox.
PRAISE
"A heartwarming and inspiring story about the healing power of music."
Joe Lovano, Grammy Award-winning jazz saxophonist and composer
"A remarkable debut... about one man's journey into deep understanding and humanity."
Jay Parini, Award-winning author of The Last Station and Borges and Me
MEET GEORGE
George Collins is a musician, author and screenwriter living in Prague. He left a career in private equity at 50 to raise his daughters and return to music. PLAYING THE CHANGES began as an eight-page idea scribbled at 3:00 a.m. Eighteen years later, it's his debut novel.
PRAISE
"A heartwarming and inspiring story about the healing power of music."
Joe Lovano, Grammy Award-winning jazz saxophonist
"A remarkable debut... about one man's journey into deep understanding and humanity."
Jay Parini, award-winning author