Minna wishes for many things. She wishes she understood the quote taped
above her mother's typewriter: Fact and fiction are different truths.
She wishes her mother would stop writing long enough to really listen to
her. She wishes her house were peaceful and orderly like her friend
Lucas's. Most of all, she wishes she could find a vibrato on her cello
and play Mozart the way he deserves to be played.
Minna soon discovers that some things can't be found-they just have to
happen. And as she waits for her vibrato to happen, Minna begins to
understand some facts and fictions about herself.