The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt

The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt

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The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt by Tracy Farr is a beautifully crafted novel that tells the story of Lena Gaunt, a pioneering musician and theremin player. Now in her eighties, Lena reflects on her extraordinary life—from her childhood in Asia and Australia to her rise in the avant-garde music scene and the deep loves and losses that shaped her. As she revisits the highs and lows of her journey, the novel explores themes of art, passion, solitude, and resilience. Lyrical and deeply moving, The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt is a captivating portrait of a woman ahead of her time.

This is the story of Dame Lena Gaunt: musician, octogenarian, junkie.

Lena is Music’s Most Modern Musician; the first theremin player of the twentieth century.

From the obscurity of a Perth boarding school to a glittering career on the world stage, Lena Gaunt’s life will be made and torn apart by those she gives her heart to.

Through it all her relationship with music and with her extraordinary instrument – the theremin – endures, in this novel about how our lives are shaped by love, loss and the stories we tell.