Everything Is Just Beginning

2024 Michigan Notable Book *** An Immersive Story of Music Struggle and Starting Over from an Award-Winning Author Michael Sullivan is a talented lyricist and a decent guitarist but since he was kicked out of his band (and his apartment) he's not sure he'll ever get a record deal. Living with his loser uncle in a beat-up trailer and working a dead-end job Michael has little reason to hope for a better future. Until the invitation for a swanky New Year's Eve party shows up in the mailbox. It's for his uncle with whom he shares his name but his uncle is going out of town . . . On the effervescent night of December 31 1989--as the Berlin Wall is coming down the Soviet Union is inching toward democracy and anything seems possible--Michael will cross paths with the accomplished and enigmatic young heir to a fading musical dynasty forever altering both of their futures. Award-winning novelist Erin Bartels enchants with this story of two lonely souls who have exactly what the other one needs--if they could simply turn their focus from what is ending to what is just beginning. *** "Bartels's spirited writing enlivens the earnest tale. Readers will root for these characters as they chase their dreams."--Publishers Weekly "I was completely absorbed in this book from the first chapter. I sat in my chair and did not get up until I finished it! . . . . Bartels smacks this out of the park."--Interviews & Reviews