THE SKIN ABOVE MY KNEE by Marcia Butler Read by the Author - Audiobook Excerpt by HachetteAudio published on 2017-03-21T13:55:26Z The unflinching story of a professional oboist who finds order and beauty in music as her personal life threatens to destroy her. -------- Music was everything for Marcia Butler. Growing up in an emotionally desolate home with an abusive father and a distant mother, she devoted herself to the discipline and rigor of the oboe, and quickly became a young prodigy on the rise in New York City's competitive music scene. But haunted by troubling childhood memories while balancing the challenges of a busy life as a working musician, Marcia succumbed to dangerous men, drugs and self-destruction. In her darkest moments, she asked the hardest question of all: Could music truly save her life? A memoir of startling honesty and subtle, profound beauty, The Skin Above My Knee is the story of a woman finding strength in her creative gifts and artistic destiny. Filled with vivid portraits of 1970's New York City, and fascinating insights into the intensity and precision necessary for a career in professional music, this is more than a narrative of a brilliant musician struggling to make it big in the big city. It is the story of a survivor. -------- Available Now from Hachette Audio as a digital download, and in Hardcover and EBook from Little, Brown and Company. Download: https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-skin-above-my-knee.aspx https://www.nookaudiobooks.com/audiobook/130989/skin-above-my-knee-the http://www.downpour.com/catalog/product/view/id/251548/ http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoirs/The-Skin-Above-My-Knee-Audiobook/B01N6ZMW5M/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srImg?qid=1490104188&sr=1-1 http://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/the-skin-above-my-knee/283781 https://www.estories.com/audiobook/95771/Marcia-Butler/The-Skin-Above-My-Knee https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-skin-above-my-knee-unabridged/id1203894581?mt=3&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781478964155-the-skin-above-my-knee Check out our other great titles and more at: http://www.hachetteaudio.com Follow us at: twitter.com/HachetteAudio www.tumblr.com/blog/hachetteaudio www.facebook.com/HachetteAudio Genre Audiobooks