Join hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio with author Dianne Romain, who discusses her debut novel, "The Trumpet Lesson."

"The Trumpet Lesson" explores how societal attitudes about teenage pregnancy, race, adoption, family, and homosexuality affect personal integrity. It’s also a story of how music plays a key role in healing from hidden loss. Book royalties will be donated to the Laurie Frink Career Grant for young brass musicians and Mujeres Aliadas for women’s reproductive health.

Featured music on this episode is “My Vagabond” by Arizona artist Ted DeGrazia.