9780743464451

The Song Reader

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9780743464451

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A moving, evocative tale of love, grief, and sisterhood from the author of the "brilliant, tender, and riveting" (John Dufresne, author of I Don't Like Where This Is Going) The Winters in Bloom.

She can hear the music in people's souls.

Mary Beth and her younger sister Leeann are trying to support themselves in their small Southern hometown. Mary Beth works to make ends meet by practicing her own unique talent: "song reading." By making sense of the song lyrics people have stuck in their heads, Mary Beth can help people make sense of their lives. In no time, Mary Beth's readings have the entire town singing her praises, including the handsome scientist Ben, who falls hard for Mary Beth and her unearthly intuition.

What happens when she can't make out the lyrics?

When Mary Beth reveals a long-muted secret in the community, however, she turns off the music and gives up song reading for good. Soon everyone's lives are out of tune: Leeann worries she'll never graduate from high school, and Ben can't conduct his experiments. Without Mary Beth's music, the town's silence is louder than ever. Could it be that all the lyrics to all those foolish love songs really aren't so foolish after all?

ISBN-13

9780743464451

ISBN-10

0743464451

Weight

0.61 Pounds

Dimensions

5.31 x 0.80 x 8.25 In

List Price

$14.00

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

320 pages

Publisher

Downtown Press

Published On

2003-05-01



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