Early in his career Mozart became involved with the Weber family. A musical(and poor) family with four daughters one of whom Mozart eventually married. Sound interesting? That’s what I thought but it took reading halfway through the book before I even began to care about any of the characters. I tried to feel sorry for the oldest and most neglected sister but I just couldn’t. And I never cared about Mozart. I just wanted him to make some money to support his future wife. Remember ladies, you can’t eat love, or art. And as I learned from The Raven’s Bride it is almost worse to be one of the genteel poor. You can’t just go get a job like a factory girl. You have to spend your time sitting around mending clothing waiting for your gifted husband to do something productive.
But back to the book, I found it to be too long, too repetitive, and full of uninteresting secrets. That’s all. Book Review: Marrying Mozart by Stephanie Cowell
