The highly anticipated final book in the internationally bestselling The Art of Hearing Heartbeats trilogy, a moving story about love's power to transcend distances and heal seemingly irreparable wounds. Twelve-year-old Ko Bo Bo lives with his uncle U Ba in Kalaw, a town in Burma. An unusually perceptive child, Bo Bo can read people's emotions in their eyes. This acute sensitivity only makes his unconventional home life more difficult: His fat...
From the author of the internationally bestselling The Art of Hearing Heartbeats series, comes this charming collection of folktales that offers a window into Burma's fascinating history and culture.Since 1995 Jan-Philipp Sendker has visited Myanmar (Burma) dozens of times, and while doing research for his novels The Art of Hearing Heartbeats and A Well-Tempered Heart, he encountered numerous folktales and fables. These moving stories speak to...
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.
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.