![]() ![]() Catherine also tells her mother about the baby and is met with a very poor reaction. She learns that Miss Bingham is dying, and Catherine is glad she got the chance to discuss music with her teacher one last time. ![]() While in Ireland, Catherine visits with her first music teacher, Miss Bingham. ![]() She attends the funeral and burial of her father and accepts the condolences of friends and family. Her father dies never knowing he has a granddaughter, which adds further guilt to Catherine's already troubled mental state.Ĭatherine comforts her mother as best she can. Since Catherine has been estranged from her parents for well over two years, she has not told them that she has a child. Now she must return to Ireland to comfort her mother and renegotiate the terms of their relationship. She is battling postpartum depression when she learns that her father has died of a heart attack. The novel is a moving exploration of music in the mind of an artist for whom music is her only salvation.Ĭatherine McKenna is a composer whose life seems to be unraveling. Short listed for the Booker prize, Grace Notes offers a look at the state of a depressed female mind in a male dominated profession. ![]() Grace Notes takes a poignant look at the life of a female composer whose life has begun to unravel. ![]()
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