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Hilary and Jackie
Price:
17.95 CAD
Author:
Du Pre, Hilary
Du Pre, Piers
Publisher:
Random House
ISBN/ISMN:
0345432711
SKU:
DUPRE003

From the moment Jacqueline du Pré first held a cello at the age of five, it was clear she had an extraordinary gift. At sixteen, when she made her professional debut, she was hailed as one of the world's most talented and exciting musicians. But ten years later, she stopped playing virtually overnight, when multiple sclerosis removed the feeling in her hands just before a concert. It took fourteen more years for the crippling disease to take its final toll.