Sometimes
a book comes along that is unexpected. No fanfare. No preconceived notions. I
can’t recall why I picked it up. It may be a bestseller now. It may have
stellar reviews. I really don’t know.
What
I can say is, The Art of Hearing
Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker was a pleasure to read from beginning to
end. This is a gentle story, full of mystery and magic. A young woman from a
prominent New York family graduates from law school. Her family celebrates with
her. The next day, her beloved father, also an attorney, disappears with no
explanation.
Four
years pass with no word. She realizes she knows nothing of her father’s past.
He is of Burmese descent, but all she knows of his life began when he arrived
in America. A box is discovered by her mother and sent to her. In it, among
other things, is an old letter. This letter compels her to go to Burma, hoping
to find him.
Don’t
miss this one.
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