Now available in paperback, the critically acclaimed, "lyrical, analytical, yet deeply affecting" (The Washington Post) memoir about one woman's obsessive search for the perfect piano--and about finding and pursuing passion at any age.

The daughter of a pro- fessional musician, Perri Knize was raised in a home saturated in classical music, but it wasn't until adulthood that she returned to the one instrument that mesmerized her most: the piano. When, in her forties, Perri decides to buy a piano of her own, she begins by searching for a modestly priced upright, but falls madly,...