Song Over the Bones

Author: Melissa Meszaros

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A raw journey of rock and resilience that redefines the meaning of home.

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A raw journey of rock and resilience that redefines the meaning of home.

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Love Burns - When a wildfire destroys her home and her 'soulmate' disappears without a trace, Melissa is left to navigate the emotional and physical wreckage. Alone and adrift, she turns to her lifelong passion for music and hits the road in search of solace. Traveling from coast to coast, Melissa stops at influential landmarks and gravesites, leaving and collecting tokens in honor of iconic figures like Kurt Cobain, Chris Cornell, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and more. This bold and unconventional healing journey challenges fairytales and the traditions of love and marriage. It dismantles Hollywood tropes and honors the raw, rebellious spirit of rock'n'roll that it takes to rebuild from nothing. Music threads through Song Over the Bones, not just as a theme but as a backbone to survival. The soundtrack of Melissa's life underscores each chapter, from deep lows to soaring highs, each note a reminder of who she is and where she's come from. Her connection to music gives her a space to heal, to feel her way through grief, loss, and unbearably heavy moments. These sounds become her lifeline, reminding her she doesn't need all the answers to keep moving forward.

Critic Reviews

"A brutal and honest look at what it is to be lost and find your way back. In a world of increasing isolation, Song Over the Bones is proof that everyone has their own battles to fight, but you aren't alone in fighting them." -Drew Zucker, artist and co-creator of Canto & The Feeding
"A modern zinger! Movies and music. Romance and love. And when all else fails, more music. You'll enter fully into this American landscape of how we move (literally) through loss and change into the next stage of who we are and want to be." -Sharman Apt Russell, author of Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist
"An achingly beautiful memoir crafted from the ashes, both literal and figurative. Meszaros' preforms a postmortem of a doomed relationship and finds new life in the process." -E.A. Henson, Biff Bam Pop!
"Melissa Meszaros reflects the grunge era's sense of tragic irony with honest hilarity, while she paints a vivid landscape from the loud awe and angst expressed by her love of rock and roll. This is a timely and defining narrative, much needed to begin to unravel the confusion in which we find ourselves today." -Steve Moriarty, drummer & author of Mia Zapata & The Gits
"Weaving between New Mexico and the Pacific Northwest, Melissa confronts heartbreak after a devastating fire, finding solace in the music and D.I.Y. culture of the grunge era. It's always the confessions, through song or story, that connect us with others, and eventually ourselves, and that helps us to heal." -Gretta Harley, Co-founder of Home Alive & Co-creator of These Streets

About the Author

Born and raised in rural Pennsylvania, Melissa Meszaros has set the precedent for breaking tropes and forging the way for the modern nomadic. As a tenured entertainment industry publicist, Melissa is also the founder of Grrrl Front PDX Music Festival and the comic book publicity firm, Don't Hide PR. She is a self-proclaimed grunge aficionado, graduate of Antioch University Los Angeles' MFA in Creative Writing, and proudly shares a birthday with Melvins leader, Buzz Osborne. Her previous book, Heavy Metal Headbang, is also available from Oil On Water Press.