TY - BOOK AU - Gabel,Aja TI - The Ensemble: A Novel SN - 9780735214767 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Riverhead Books KW - Musicians KW - Fiction KW - Musical groups KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Man-woman relationships KW - String quartets KW - Psychological fiction KW - lcgft N2 - Forging a familial bond over their shared artistic talents and secrets, four young people navigate a cutthroat world and their complex relationships with each other, as ambition, passion, and love reinforce and divide them throughout the course of their lives; Jana. Brit. Daniel. Henry. They would never have been friends except for the art which drew them together. They would never have become family without their love for the music, for each other. Brit is the second violinist, a beautiful and quiet orphan; on the viola is Henry, a prodigy who's always had it easy; the cellist is Daniel, the oldest and an angry skeptic who sleeps around; and on first violin is Jana, their flinty, resilient leader. Together, they are the Van Ness Quartet. Together they experience failure and success, heartbreak and marriage, triumph and loss, betrayal and enduring loyalty ER -