Danger Music

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Allen And Unwin
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: First Edition

Description: 291 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear and light age marks on the inside pages present, but still a presentable copy. In 2014 Emma Was Spiralling Into A Deep Depression About Her Gender. She Quit The Radio, And Travelled To Afghanistan Teaching Music In The National Institute Of Music. Here She Takes The Final Steps To Secure Her Own Peace, She Becomes The Man Always There Inside- Eddie

Publishers Description: From the former ABC Classic FM classicist comes a remarkable story about the power of music and courage to be ones self Eddie Ayres has a lifetime of musical experience - from learning the viola as a child in England and playing with the Hong Kong Philharmonic for many years, to learning the cello in his thirties and landing in Australia to present an extremely successful ABC Classic FM morning radio show. But all of this time Eddie was Emma Ayres.In 2014 Emma was spiralling into a deep depression, driven by anguish about her gender. She quit the radio, travelled, and decided on a surprising path to salvation - teaching music in a war zone. Emma applied for a position at Dr Sarmasts renowned Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul, teaching cello to orphans and street kids.In Danger Music, Eddie takes us through the bombing and chaos of Kabul, into the lives of the Afghan children who are transported by Bach, Abba, Beethoven and their own exhilarating Afghan music. Alongside these epic experiences, Emma determines to take the final steps to secure her own peace; she becomes the man always there inside - Eddie.

ISBN: 9781760290696