A scintillating debut from a major new voice in fiction alive with music sex and the
trappings of fame Songs in Ursa Major is a love story set in 1969 at the crossroads of rock
and folk Raised on an island off Massachusetts by a mother who wrote songs for famous musicians
Jane Quinn is singing in her own band before she's old enough to even read music. When folk
legend Jesse Reid hears about Jane's performance at the island's music festival a star is
born--and so is a passionate love affair: they become inseparable when her band joins his on
tour. Wary of being cast as his girlfriend--and haunted by her mother's shattered ambitions--
Jane shields her relationship from the public eye but Jesse's star power pulls her into his
orbit of fame. And caught up in the thrill of the road and the profound--and lustful--
connection she has with Jesse Jane is blind-sided by the discovery she makes about the dark
secret beneath his music. Their relationship is abruptly destroyed and Jane--heartbroken and
blackballed by the industry--is now truly on her own: to make the music she loves and to make
peace with her family. Shot through with the lyrics the icons the lore the adrenaline of the
late 60s music scene Songs in Ursa Major pulses with romantic longing and asks the question so
many female artists must face: What are we willing to sacrifice for our dreams?
