The art of hearing heartbeats a novel
When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be--until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English German |
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New York :
Other Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Sendker, Jan-Philipp. Art of hearing heartbeats ;
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| Summary: | When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be--until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father's past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion that will reaffirm the listener's belief in the power of love to move mountains. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Herzenhören. |
| Physical Description: | 325 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781590514634 1590514637 |
| Author Notes: | Kevin Wiliarty has a BA in German from Harvard and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. A native of the United States, he has also lived in Germany and Japan. He is currently an academic technologist at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he lives with his wife and two children. |
