Can anyone think of the name of this book?

Can anyone think of the name of this book?
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A friend found it for me! “The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto” by Mitch Albom (also wrote “Tuesdays with Morrie”) From the description, this wasn’t my kind of book, but omg I’m glad I read it – twice!
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