BRADSHAW VARIATIONS

SINCE LEAVING HIS JOB TO LOOK AFTER ALEXA, HIS EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, THOMAS BRADSHAW HAS FOUND THE STRUCTURE OF HIS DAILY PIANO PRACTICE AND THE STUDY OF MUSICAL FORM BRINGS A NOURISHMENT TO THESE DIFFICULT MIDDLE YEARS. HIS PURSUIT OF A MORE ARTISTIC WAY OF LIFE SHOCKS AND IRRITATES HIS PARENTS AND HIS IN-LAWS. WHY HAS HE SWAPPED ROLES WITH TONIE SWANN, HIS INTENSE, INTELLECTUAL WIFE WHO HAS ACCEPTED A DEMANDING FULL-TIME UNIVERSITY JOB? HOW CAN THIS BE GOOD FOR ALEXA AND FOR THE FAMILY AS A WHOLE? MEANWHILE TONIE TUNES HERSELF OUT OF DOMESTIC LIFE, INTO THE HARDER, HEADIER WORLD OF WORK WHERE LONG-SINCE FORGOTTEN MEMORIES OF HERSELF ARE AWAKENED. SHE SOON FINDS HERSELF OUTSIDE THEIR TIGHT FAMILY CIRCLE AND ALIVE TO PREVIOUSLY UNIMAGINABLE POSSIBILITIES...