Benedetta Bonfiglioli
MY BASS GUITAR
Novel
Noah, 17, has never met his father and has been living alone for six months. Aunt Mare has taken him into foster care and takes care of him patiently. In fact, Noah is unfriendly and grumpy, he failed at school and struggles to maintain relationships with his friends. The only passion that still keeps him alive is music: a talented pianist like his parents, Noah plays bass in a band, the Black Hole, together with his lifelong friend Cristiano; he is about to participate in the selection for the Music Village and is composing the unreleased piece the band will have to perform. One day a new girl arrives in Noah’s class, Lisa, who immediately attracts Cristiano’s attention; Noah and Lisa, on the other hand, collide immediately, but then, two weeks before the Music Village selection, Black Hole organizes auditions to find a new female voice. During the second day of rehearsals Noah is forced to play the keyboard because the keyboardist Giorgio has a moped accident; Lisa has only come to assist but she finds herself singing with Noah…
Benedetta Bonfiglioli lives in Correggio. She studied foreign languages at the university and traveled a lot to perfect them. She teaches English literature in high school: that’s why she looks so well into the hearts and minds of teenagers. She collaborates with major Italian publishing houses and has published several stories in magazines. With Edizioni San Paolo she has published her first novel Pink Lady (2012), that was a finalist for the Bancarellino award and winner of the Malizia award.
Selling Points
- A YA novel.
- Growing up, music, school, life challenges: typical teen issues described in a very precise writing style.
- Expert narrator.
A tremendously emotional and Rock and Roll novel!