Lessons
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The Vibe
Roland Baines's life is shaped by two events: his piano teacher's inappropriate attention when he was a boy, and his wife walking out, leaving him with their baby. McEwan traces one man's life from the 1940s through the pandemic, asking whether we learn anything at all from the lessons we're given.