Maria Anna Mozart was the older sister of the so-called 'prodigious' Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the musician who was known all over Europe and the world for his musical compositions. She was born on 30 July 1751. Everyone knows about Wolfgang but very little do they know about his beloved sister Marianna or Nanneri as she was called lovingly. She was a prodigy herself and always went with Wolfgang to perform until the societal prejudices allowed her to. She was asked to stay home and not go with her brother once she was of marriagable age. Still, the letters sent between her and her brother remain and in many of them, her brother appreciates her for her brilliant compositions and asks to send "more". It could refer to only one thing.. that Nannerl used to send her compositions to her little brother and he used to publish it with his signature. Marie Lu found another tiny detail in those letters.. it was the mention of the Kingdom of Back they invented to pass time during their long journeys.The book The Kingdom of Back is a historical fiction/ fantasy fiction Marie Lu wrote to let the huge world know about Nannerl and what her life would have been like. Nanner and Wolfgang were each other's only best friends in this large and unfair world. In this book, the Kingdom of Back is a real world for those siblings. It was a world of mysteries the siblings kept to themselves. For Nannerl, it all started with a wish, a wish that pleaded for her not to be forgotten. She was afraid of it. Since that day, her lovely so-called guardian Hyacinth would come and visit her. He promised to fulfill her wish for three tasks. Though the story takes a turn and gives way to fantasies and imagination, the one thing that's clear is that she wants to be remembered, and not lay forgotten. The book portrays her insecurities and her reality that was filled with irrefutable prejudices for just the fact that she was born a woman...
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