The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
When a successful New York lawyer disappears, a love letter he wrote many years ago to a woman in Burma is the only clue to his whereabouts. His daughter, Julia, travels to the woman's village and uncovers a tale of hardship, resilience, and passion.
When a successful New York lawyer disappears, a love letter he wrote many years ago to a woman in Burma is the only clue to his whereabouts. His daughter, Julia, travels to the woman's village and uncovers a tale of hardship, resilience, and passion.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781455124152 (145512415X)
Publish date: January 1st 2012
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Minutes: 7
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Mystery,
Family,
Contemporary,
Asia
5 stars 'The Art Of Hearing Heartbeats' is probably one of the most beautifully written books I have ever read. Never mind that the story is a beautiful and heartbreaking one, and that the characters' lives are so smartly intertwined in a way that leaves you questioning everything until the last p...
Reads like a fairy tale, a mystical love story. Unfortunately for me, I guess I am not as forgiving as Julia and was left unsatisfied. The love story may have been fine, but I have a problem warming up to someone who continually abandons those he loves so dearly. For all his intelligence Tin Win m...
I thought it was cheesy and I didn't feel bad for Tin Win. I felt bad the he went blind and his mother left him, but abandoning your family without a trace? Nope, no sympathy here.
Julia Win’s father is Burmese, and her mother is American. One morning, her father leaves for an ordinary business trip and never returns. When Julia receives a package from her mother with some of her father’s belongings, she also finds a love letter to a woman named Mi Mi, and discovers why her mo...
Julia Win’s father is Burmese, and her mother is American. One morning, her father leaves for an ordinary business trip and never returns. When Julia receives a package from her mother with some of her father’s belongings, she also finds a love letter to a woman named Mi Mi, and discovers why her mo...