The Music Room A Memoir [Paperback]

William Fiennes spent his childhood in a moated castle, the perfect environment for a child with a brimming imagination. It is a house alive with history, beauty, and mystery, but the young boy growing up in it is equally in awe of his brother Richard. Eleven years older and a magnetic presence, Richard suffers from severe epilepsy. His illness influences the rhythms of the family and the houses internal life, and his story inspires a journey, interwoven with a loving recollection, toward an understanding of the mind.Humane rather than melodramatic, a lovely memoir rich with poignancy of family and place.A haunting lament for a life that could have been and the love that remained for a broken mind.An artful memory piece about a unique home life.Exemplary.A bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother. Sublimely evocative.