“There aren’t many works of fiction that focus so completely–and so devastatingly–on the process of illness: the meetings, the waiting, the diagnoses, etc. All of this is communicated with the cool tone of a great doctor giving a patient the bad news while looking her in the eye.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“…simply written, carefully edited, with not a word or phrase out of place, a resonant recording of misunderstands, discarded promises and unfulfilled hopes, and broken hearts…BookReview.com considers “A Little Piece of Me” one of the finest books we have read in a long time.

—M.K. Turner, BookReview.com

At the prime of her life, accomplished pianist Marcia Kleinman is forced to make some heart-wrenching decisions. She has a difficult husband, a difficult mother and her little boy, Max, has been diagnosed with a rare liver disease that will likely require a liver transplant.

As Max’s health declines, Marcia is faced with challenges testing her spirit, her resolve, and her sense of self. Will she donate a portion of here own liver to Max? Will her husband, Michael, supper her efforts to save their so’s life or will his controlling instincts and fears get in the way? Will Barbara, her mother, be sympathetic and supportive or, as usual, critical?

Marica increasingly finds solace at her piano, searching for the ever-elusive heart of Beethoven’s Appassionata sonata. Her music is her salvation as she rediscovers her strength and passion dealing with life-chaniging and life=saving, decisions while her marriage crumbles and her son gets sicker and sicker.