Summer is the sequel to the popular novel, Spring published by PublishAmerica (2006). Summer is but one story in Vivaldi’s musical journey. Hope’s life follows the four seasons of Vivaldi’s music, much like life unfolds through the seasons. Is it the mysterious missing ‘Juliet’? As Hope grows and matures in her music, she learns more about her violin, the romance and mystery that surrounds it and the very dangerous family that continually threatens her in their attempts to claim it. Hope has a rare musical talent and what everyone believes is a very valuable Stradivarius violin. Summer is the story of Hope Jones, a young Gitxsan fiddler from northern British Columbia, Canada. Summer is but one of the seasons of the year one of the seasons of Vivaldi’s masterpiece The Four Seasons. Each season has its reason, its significance, its purpose, its own symbolism. He penned a poem for each of the four seasons: Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. In 1725, Antonio Vivaldi wrote the music for The Four Seasons. Melanie is the music she loves best, The Four Seasons. Each stage of Melanie’s life progresses like a season of the year, a musical/poetic symbol as in Vivaldi’s music. Vivaldi’s music is the cornerstone of Melanie’s musical career as well as her life as she takes her instrument and her music around the world. The story follows a journey of Melanie’s growth as a musician, the people she meets, the friends she makes, the losses she suffers. There is a secret inside her violin, a secret only she and her mother should know but somehow others have found out. She is a talented young violinist with a valuable Grancino violin. He penned a poem for each of the four seasons: Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring.
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