The Last Protégée

Protégé (Protégée ‒ feminine form) (C19: from French protéger, to PROTECT)
One who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence.
(Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Ed.)

Dreams of a career as a classical pianist erode and wither, destroyed through a relationship with the famous and forceful Antonia Brico, renowned pianist and the first woman to conduct the New York Philharmonic.

Told almost as a post-modern detective story, through a mosaic of fact and imagination, The Last Protégée reveals the extraordinary power and emotional depth of Dr. Brico’s influence on half a century of Nancy Deed Resler’s life.