Keith Reiss

A Blossom in the Snow Keith Reiss

World famous concert pianist Carl Leitner is returning to American soil all but penniless after many years of convalescence following his disastrous second stroke and the end of the most celebrated classical music career of modern times. But with his protracted absence from the stage and lack of new recordings, the maestro's fame is flickering. In his final act, the old man meets his grandson and sets forth to make up for a lifetime of neglect--and to gain the approval of his deceased wife. For those who, in blind pursuit of other dreams, unwittingly sacrifice life's most intimate of gifts: is redemption possible?