From Ashes to Song
Hilary Hauck
- When
- a
- young
- Italian
- coal
- miner
- experiences
- a
- profound
- awakening
- of
- his
- musical
- gift
- any
- time
- he
- is
- near
- his
- best
- friend's
- wife,
- he
- must
- navigate
- the
- delicate
- balance
- between
- his
- passion
- for
- music,
- his
- longing
- for
- forbidden
- love,
- and
- the
- unbearable
- weight
- of
- the
- possible
- consequences.It's
- 1911
- in
- Piedmont,
- Italy.
- Pietro
- has
- at
- last
- captured
- the
- melody
- of
- the
- harvest
- on
- his
- clarinet,
- but
- before
- he
- can
- share
- his
- music,
- a
- deadly
- disease
- sweeps
- through
- the
- countryside,
- forcing
- his
- family
- to
- burn
- their
- vineyard
- to
- stop
- its
- spread.
- The
- loss
- is
- too
- much
- for
- Pietro's
- grandfather,
- and
- by
- morning,
- Pietro
- has
- lost
- two
- of
- the
- most
- precious
- things
- in
- life—his
- grandfather
- and
- the
- vineyard.Adrift
- with
- grief,
- Pietro
- travels
- to
- America
- and
- takes
- a
- job
- in
- a
- Pennsylvania
- coal
- mine
- where
- his
- musician's
- hands
- blister
- and
- his
- days
- are
- spent
- in
- silence
- until
- one
- day,
- the
- beautiful
- voice
- and
- gentle
- heart
- of
- his
- friend's
- wife
- stirs
- a
- new
- song
- within
- him.
- As
- Pietro
- draws
- inspiration
- from
- Assunta,
- his
- gift
- for
- music
- returns.
- But
- when
- tragedy
- strikes
- and
- Pietro
- is
- to
- blame,
- he
- is
- forced
- to
- confront
- the
- consequences
- of
- his
- admiration
- for
- another
- man's
- wife,
- all
- while
- fighting
- for
- the
- love
- he
- never
- thought
- he'd
- find.Inspired
- by
- true
- events,
- From
- Ashes
- to
- Song
- is
- a
- story
- of
- unconventional
- love,
- hope,
- and
- the
- extraordinary
- gifts
- brought
- to
- America
- by
- ordinary
- people
- in
- the
- great
- wave
- of immigration.
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