Three Muses, winner of the Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction, is a love story that enthralls. Michael David Lukas, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, calls Three Muses “a capacious and deeply felt novel about trauma and ambition, art, passion, and the vagaries of memory, … a wise and compassionate meditation on beauty, loss, and the many invisible lives we might have lived.”
In post-WWII New York, John Curtin suffers lasting damage from having been forced to sing for the kommandant who murdered his family. John trains to be a psychiatrist, struggling to wrest his life from his terror of music and his past. Katya Symanova climbs the arduous path to Prima Ballerina, becoming enmeshed in an abusive relationship with her choreographer, who makes Katya a star but controls her life.
When John receives a ticket to attend a ballet featuring Katya Symanova, a spell is cast. Three Muses follows John Curtin and Katya Symanova as they find one another, unlock their futures, and face the impossible choice between art and love.

Fiction
Three Muses
- From the Publisher
September 1, 2021
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