Authors: Barbara Hall
Tempo Change (22 page)
I said, “Maggie, you know what? I’m just a kid. I’m
going to take the time and be one. I’m more than Duncan Kelly’s daughter.”
“Wait, Blanche, I can imagine how you feel but you can be a kid anytime. There are limited chances to be great.”
“I think you’ve got that backward, Maggie.”
“Do I?” she asked with raspy swagger.
“Yeah. You obviously can’t imagine. See you on the other side.”
“Blanche,” I heard her say as I guided the phone back into the cradle. “Blanche, wait.”
Blanche knew she had waited long enough. Now she was going to live.
B
ARBARA
H
ALL
is the author of eight novels and has written and produced numerous television shows, including
Northern Exposure, Chicago Hope
, and
Judging Amy.
She created the Emmy-nominated series
Joan of Arcadia.
She also writes and performs music with her band, the Enablers. Her music has been featured on several network television shows and is available at
Handsome-Music.com
. Barbara Hall lives in Santa Monica, California, with her daughter, Faith.
Published by Delacorte Press
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2009 by Barbara Hall
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hall, Barbara.
Tempo change / Barbara Hall.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Blanche forms a band that wins a spot at Coachella, a southern California music festival, where she hopes to reconnect with her father, a famous but reclusive musician who left when she was six years old.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89523-4
[1. Bands (Music)—Fiction. 2. Fathers and
daughters—Fiction. 3. Single-parent families—Fiction. 4. Fame—Fiction.
5. Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival—Fiction. 6. California—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.H1407Tem 2009
[Fic]—dc22
2008030968
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