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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Birlinn General

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9781846972409

RRP: £8.99

PAGES: 336

PUBLICATION DATE:
February 18, 2013

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The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

Jan-Phillip Sendker

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 change her life once more.

Reviews of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

'A truly beautiful story that will captivate and thaw the coldest of hearts' – We Love This Book 'A magical tale to capture your imagination' – My Weekly 'Touching and affecting prose' – Sunday Herald

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Jan-Phillip Sendker

Jan-Philipp Sendker, born in Hamburg in 1960, was the American correspondent for Stern from 1990 to 1995, and its Asian correspondent from 1995 to 1999. In 2000 he published Cracks in the Great Wall, a non-fiction book about China. ‘The Art of Hearing Heartbeats’ is his first novel. He lives in Berlin with his family.