Seventeen-year-old Madeline Richardson's lifelong dream of attending Juilliard is about to come true--or is it? A life-changing discovery threatens to put her classical concert pianist career on hold, and her father's demand have her unsure of her future. A future that includes a lover, whose involvement with her puts him in a precarious position where his chances of playing in the NBA as well as a coveted spot on the U.S. Olympic basketball team--hangs in the balance. "A Melody for Madeline," weaves an intimate tale of one girl's thrust into the complexities of adulthood. Madeline no longer sees life with childlike innocence but as a young woman whose decisions suddenly have her playing a different tune.