A case study of how children are asked to live the unlived lives of their parents. Author David Sedaris had a father who loved jazz but played no instrument himself.

Writer David Rakoff travels to a place where everyone seems to be looking at him, a place where no one follows the customs people follow back home in New York City, a place called...New Hampshire.

Durrell was a professional musician. He toured Asia, Brazil, Canada, gigs in Paris.

Linda Howard and Richard Bloom, in Boca Raton Florida, had been married years when she started flirting with another man.

Writer Anne Lamott presents an example of what we can learn from music outside of formal classes. She tells the story of an airplane trip, a song, and a small miracle.