I just read a really unique and amazing novel called "Chopsticks" by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral. It tells the story through pictures about seventeen-year-old piano prodigy Gloria "Glory" Fleming who after her mother died in a motorcycle accident is raised by her father Victor Fleming. Only secluded into her music and with her father's goal to help Gloria do sold-out concerts around the world, often feeling sad and broken, Gloria feels drawn to Francisco Mendoza, the new boy who just moved next door to where she lives. Gloria and Francisco soon become friends and after years of being friends their friendship soon turns into love.
After her mother died, Glory retreated into herself and her music. Her single father raised her as a piano prodigy, with a rigid schedule and the goal of playing sold-out shows across the globe. Now, as a teenager, Glory has disappeared. As we flash back to the events leading up to her disappearance, we see a girl on the precipice of disaster. Brilliant and lonely, Glory is drawn to an artistic new boy, Frank, who moves in next door. The farther she falls, the deeper she spirals into madness. Before long, Glory is unable to play anything but the song "Chopsticks."
But nothing is what it seems, and Glory's reality is not reality at all. In this stunningly moving novel told in photographs, pictures, and words, it's up to the reader to decide what is real, what is imagined, and what has been madness all along....
Some Pictures from the novel:
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