{"id":239330,"date":"2025-05-13T06:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/marcia-butlers-music-playlist-for-her-novel-dear-virginia-wait-for-me-largehearted-boy\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T06:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:15:16","slug":"marcia-butlers-music-playlist-for-her-novel-dear-virginia-wait-for-me-largehearted-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=239330","title":{"rendered":"Marcia Butler\u2019s music playlist for her novel Dear Virginia, Wait for Me \u2013 Largehearted Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/largeheartedboy.com\/wp-admin\/edit.php?post_type=post\"\/><em>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/largeheartedboy.com\/lhb-book-notes\/\">Book Notes<\/a> series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><em>Previous contributors include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.largeheartedboy.com\/blog\/archive\/2014\/10\/book_notes_jesm.html\">Jesmyn Ward<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.largeheartedboy.com\/blog\/archive\/2015\/09\/book_notes_laur_27.html\">Lauren Groff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.largeheartedboy.com\/blog\/archive\/2005\/08\/book_notes_bret.html\">Bret Easton Ellis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.largeheartedboy.com\/blog\/archive\/2017\/10\/book_notes_cele.html\">Celeste Ng<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.largeheartedboy.com\/blog\/archive\/2015\/03\/book_notes_tc_b.html\">T.C. Boyle<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.largeheartedboy.com\/blog\/archive\/2007\/01\/book_notes_dana.html\">Dana Spiotta<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.largeheartedboy.com\/blog\/archive\/2010\/02\/book_notes_amy_3.html\">Amy Bloom,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.largeheartedboy.com\/blog\/archive\/2011\/04\/book_notes_aime.html\">Aimee Bender<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.largeheartedboy.com\/blog\/archive\/2014\/05\/book_notes_roxa_2.html\">Roxane Gay,<\/a> and many others.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Marcia Butler\u2019s novel<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0802158803\/ref=nosim\/largeheartedb-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1771684089\/ref=nosim\/largeheartedb-20\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1952386896\/ref=nosim\/largeheartedb-20\">Dear Virginia, Wait for Me<\/a> is a compassionately told and evocative coming-of-age story.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Booklist wrote of the book:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs her fairy-tale-like name would suggest, Peppa is a winsome and beguiling heroine, and Butler (Oslo, Maine, 2021) treats her experiences of self-doubt and powerlessness with perceptive empathy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>In her own words, here is Marcia Butler\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/largeheartedboy.com\/lhb-book-notes\/\">Book Notes<\/a> music playlist for her novel<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0802158803\/ref=nosim\/largeheartedb-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1771684089\/ref=nosim\/largeheartedb-20\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1952386896\/ref=nosim\/largeheartedb-20\"><em><strong>Dear Virginia, Wait for Me<\/strong><\/em><\/a><strong><em>:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For as long as she can remember, Peppa Ryan has been guided by a benevolent voice in her head who she believes is Virginia Woolf. Set at the turn of the millennium, Peppa is caught between her father\u2019s wishes for her to run the family business and her mother\u2019s mental illness. Despite these pressures, she bravely ventures out on her own and begins a job on Wall Street. My novel follows the challenges and breakthroughs Peppa experiences until she is stopped in her tracks due to a betrayal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What a Wonderful World: Eva Cassidy \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob Thiele (as \u201cGeorge Douglas\u201d) and George David Weiss\u00a0<\/strong><strong\/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eva Cassidy - What A Wonderful World\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pPAGH0AT-os?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>\u201cI see friends shaking hands<\/em><br \/><em>Saying how do you do<\/em><br \/><em>But they\u2019re really saying<\/em><br \/><em>I love you\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To observe what seems fairly mundane and then discern the emotional truth. What a wonderful notion. My protagonist, Peppa Ryan, spends the bulk of my book discovering how to do just this. She comes from a cloistered and traditional Irish background, living with her parents in Queens, New York City. They want her to abandon any ambition and work for the family construction business for the rest of her life. But when she wins a coveted job on Wall Street, the world, though at first bewildering, eventually becomes brighter and more hopeful. This song was made famous by Louis Armstrong. But the luminous Eva Cassidy renders it in such a way that for just a few minutes the miracle of love is very present.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Optimistic Voices: The Munchkins in <em>The Wizard of Oz<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Wizard of Oz - &quot;Optimistic Voices&quot; (You&#039;re Out of the Dark) Lyrics in Description\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9nq34mISKUo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>\u201cHold onto your breath<\/em><br \/><em>Hold onto your heart<\/em><br \/><em>Hold onto your hope<\/em><br \/><em>March up to the gate and bid it open\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Virginia, Wait For Me <\/em>has turned out to be quite a different book from my previous two novels. In those I was interested in exploring characters who are capable of doing not so nice things to the people they love. This particular difficulty of the human condition can contribute to a compelling narrative. But as I went through the process of figuring out the plot and developing the characters who surround Peppa Ryan, it ultimately came to pass that no one means her harm. Granted, she faces challenges that at times bring her to her knees, and readers will surely hold their breath along the way. But this novel carves out an optimistic path, and with Virginia Woolf\u2019s help Peppa can pass through that gate with an open heart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>APT: ROS<a>\u00c9<\/a> and Bruno Mars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music and lyrics by ROS\u00c9 and Bruno Mars<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ROSE\u0301 &amp; Bruno Mars - APT. (Official Music Video)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ekr2nIex040?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>\u201cKissy face, kissy face sent to your phone, but<br \/>I\u2019m trying to kiss your lips for real (uh-huh, uh-huh)\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When I was working on final proofs, I happened upon a reel on YouTube that took me hostage and I found myself clicking on it more times than I dare to disclose. ROS\u00c9, the pop singer with billions of clicks on social media, and the uptown funk master Bruno Mars, released an addictive dance tune called APT. The opening lyrics remind me of the scene in my book when Peppa reluctantly goes on a date with a plumber to appease her parents in their last ditch effort to keep her close to home. She means to dismiss him in less than an hour. But things evolve and they end up at his place having an extended kissy-face session. Peppa has never even touched a man before and finds kissy face\u2026well\u2026peculiar. The sound of their teeth clicking against each other, the idea that their saliva is comingling, and the strong taste of bacon erupting from the plumber\u2019s stomach\u2014all of it seems kind of\u2026creepy. But eventually, the <em>pleasures <\/em>of kissy face override the <em>peculiar<\/em> and the <em>creepy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All In Love Is Fair: Dionne Warwick<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music and lyrics by Stevie Wonder<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dionne Warwick - All In Love Is Fair [Cabaret 1975]\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CyVcjkZreFs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>\u201cBut all in war is so cold<br \/>You either win or you lose<br \/>And when the game is played<br \/>The winner must be paid\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of YouTube, have you ever noticed that no one <em>ever <\/em>complains about it? I mean, Twitter, now known as X, is the devil. Facebook, now known as Meta, promises an algorithm consisting mostly of ads. And Instagram? Well, it\u2019s not too terrible. Though, to get any traction at all you have to hashtag every post like crazy. But YouTube is the holy grail of literally everything under the sun. Sometimes I play a game and type a random word into the search bar. One day that word was <em>milk<\/em>, which led to a slew of videos about milk spitting contests! Another day I typed in the words <em>losing the war, <\/em>and a 1975 performance by the brilliant Dionne Warwick latched onto my YouTube feed. And as fate would have it, this happened on the very day I had begun writing a pivotal scene where Peppa learns of a terrible betrayal. I couldn\u2019t stop listening to Dionne spin these particular lyrics, about the coldness of war, and that it\u2019s all a game, and somebody ends up getting paid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I Saved The World Today: Eurhythmics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music and lyrics by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - I Saved the World Today (Official Video)\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zf052uxFF58?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>\u201cHey, hey I saved the world today<\/em><br \/><em>Everybody\u2019s happy now<\/em><br \/><em>The bad thing\u2019s gone away<\/em><br \/><em>And everybody\u2019s happy now<\/em><br \/><em>The good thing\u2019s here to stay<\/em><br \/><em>Please let it stay\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I love this song so much. It was written in 1999, just a year before Peppa\u2019s story comes to life. Her boss is a philanthropic investor who sees her potential and together they fund emerging companies whose goals are to improve the lives of struggling communities. Peppa truly believes that their work <em>will <\/em>save the world. In the last chapter of my book, as things finally seem to be coming together for Peppa, this feeling of unlimited potential pushes her even further toward embracing another aspect of her future. She allows for the possibility that the good things really<em> are<\/em> here to stay, because in this one rare and beautiful moment, everybody\u2019s happy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lux Aeterna: Voces8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music by Edward Elgar, words are from the Roman missal used in Catholic funerary rites.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VOCES8: Lux Aeterna - Edward Elgar\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IwdeqVmXlHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>\u201cMay light eternal shine upon them, O Lord, with Thy saints forever,<\/em><br \/><em>for Thou art kind.<\/em><br \/><em>Eternal rest give to them, O Lord,<\/em><br \/><em>and let perpetual light shine upon them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Finally, while writing the last two pages of my book, the <em>Nimrod<\/em> movement from Edward Elgar\u2019s <em>Enigma Variations<\/em> entered my mind. The music reflects the hope that Peppa dares to believe in. Which is why the Eternal Rest text that Voces8 has placed onto Elgar\u2019s orchestral music seems fitting. Yet, this is not precisely soothing music. Rather, to me, it unfolds in a way that evokes discomfort. And then, a foreboding. Perhaps about what we as humans beings are actually doing on this precious earth\u2014to ourselves and to each other. And when will love and peace finally win?<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"\/>\n<p><em>also at Largehearted Boy:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.largeheartedboy.com\/blog\/archive\/2021\/03\/marcia_butlers.html\">Marcia Butler\u2019s playlist for her novel <em>Oslo, Maine<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/largeheartedboy.substack.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/largeheartedboy.substack.com\/\">For book &amp; music links, themed playlists, a wrap-up of Largehearted Boy feature posts, and more, check out Largehearted Boy\u2019s weekly newsletter.<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><em><strong>MARCIA BUTLER<\/strong>\u00a0is a former professional oboist, interior designer, documentary filmmaker, and acclaimed author of the novels <em>Oslo, Maine<\/em> (2021), and <em>Pickle\u2019s Progress<\/em> (2017), plus a memoir, <em>The Skin<\/em> <em>Above My Knee<\/em> (2017). Her upcoming novel was inspired by the notion that all of us seem to have imagined conversations going on in our heads. In\u00a0<strong><em>Dear Virginia, Wait for Me<\/em><\/strong> (May 6, 2025), Butler explores how a benevolent inner voice guides a vulnerable young woman as she attempts to break from the bonds of her limited upbringing. Visit her website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marciabutler.com\">www.marciabutler.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"\/>\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/largeheartedboy.com\/support-largehearted-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>If you appreciate the work that goes into Largehearted Boy, please consider supporting the site to keep it strong.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Roxane Gay, and many others. 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