First-time author and MacArthur Fellow Denk immerses the listener in music throughout this memoir and love story to music. He narrates his own story quite well, bringing the amateur musician and music aficionado in on many of the secrets that composers and musicians use to paint pictures, tell stories, and produce a wide range of emotions. As a precocious six-year-old, Denk began his musical training with a string of teachers, each with their own take on theory and performance. They each shaped his musical abilities, teaching him much about music and life. Denk pulls listeners into vivid imagery and classical and romantic music’s plethora of great composers. The listener feels like they and the artist are sipping tea as he tells of his life’s journey. What makes the audio version the best way to consume this story is Denk’s piano passages, which well demonstrate his points. For listeners who’ve ever abandoned a musical instrument, Denk will make them want to dig it out again. VERDICT Listeners will fall in love with music even more or all over again.