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Fake it ‘til you make it? A musician’s Titanic-sized identity crisis.

Sounds Like Titanic

A Memoir

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    13 March 2020

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Summary

A young woman leaves Appalachia for a life as a classical musician in New York—or so she thinks.

When aspiring violinist Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman lands a job with a professional ensemble, she imagines she has achieved her lifelong dream. But the ensemble proves to be a sham. When the group “performs,” the microphones are never on. Instead, the music blares from a CD. The mastermind behind this scheme is a peculiar and mysterious figure known as The Composer, who is gaslighting his …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780393357738
ISBN-10:0393357732
Author:Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Imprint:WW Norton & Co
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:13 March 2020
Weight:211g
Dimensions:18mm x 140mm x 211mm
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Sounds Like Titanic by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman - ISBN: 9780393357738
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Critics Review

“Sardonic, moving.” – The New Yorker
“Brave and captivating.” – The Los Angeles Review of Books
”[An] outrageously funny, shrewdly meta memoir.” – O, The Oprah Magazine

About The Author

Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman

Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman has “performed” on PBS, QVC, and at concert halls worldwide. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, McSweeney’s, Brevity, and Hippocampus. She holds a BA in Middle Eastern studies and an MFA in creative nonfiction writing from Columbia University, and a PhD in English from the University of North Texas. She teaches creative writing at Northern Kentucky University and lives in Newport, Kentucky.

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