This collection opens with the death of Ayelet Tsabari's father when she was a nine-year-old girl. His passing left her feeling rootless, devastated, and driven to question her complex identity as an Israeli of Yemeni descent in a country that suppressed and devalued her ancestors' traditions. In Th
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
โ Scribed by Sendker, Jan-Philipp
- Publisher
- Other Press
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1590514645
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats spans the decades between the 1950s and the present. 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 reader's belief in the power of love to move mountains.
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