Doris Grumbach Reads: Chamber Music, The Missing Person, The Ladies

Doris Grumbach calls her novels departures from life, but sometimes they mirror reality more than she intends. One of the selections included here, Chamber Music, is based on the lives of composer Edward McDowell and his wife Marian. Grumbach often uses historical facts as a departure point for her imaginative, poignant fiction. Ironically, she discovered years after the novel was published that much of what she wrote had happened in real life. In this unique and provocative collection, Grumbach reads excerpts from Chamber Music, as well as the equally esteemed The Missing Person and The Ladies.