The choice of Júlia Balcells Roca, Foreign Rights Executive "Portrait of a woman entangled in her time, constrained by the limitations of her gender, her status, and her social role."

Paris, 1865: Nobody in the Bonis household plays the piano. Mélanie is only seven when she ventures over to it and begins to learn. When she turns 18, a family friend encourages her to apply to the Conservatoire to study music. She is immediately accepted and soon finds herself rubbing shoulders with Debussy and Satie, attending composition classes previously reserved only for men.