I’ve been reading The Strad avidly since I was a teenager, so it was a huge thrill to have my book, The Well-Tempered Cello: Life with Bach’s Cello Suites reviewed in this august publication. (Link to the review here.) I used to check copies out of the Wellington City Library, cart them home on the bus, and lie on the floor for hours, poring over the pages.
If the 14-year-old Miranda had imagined that one day she’d write a book about the Bach Cello Suites and that The Strad would review it, well, she’d have simultaneously jumped out of her skin with astonishment, run around the room in five directions at once, and shrieked all kinds of yippees and hoorays. My inner 14-year-old is doing just that.
Miranda Wilson 