![]() ![]() Upon arriving in her father’s birthplace, Julia is astonished to encounter a strange man who has waited four years to share her father’s complete, intriguing story. The catalyst for her search is the discovery of an old love letter from her father to an unknown woman in Burma. ![]() The story follows Julia Win, a young attorney, who attempts to track down her father, a well-known New York lawyer and Burmese national, who suddenly disappears. The novel is international in scope-being written by a German journalist who lived in upstate New York, detailing events in a mountain village in Burma (modern Myanmar). In response to such acclaim, Sendker penned a sequel, A Well-Tempered Heart, in 2012. ![]() An international bestseller, the novel received the Indies Choice Honor Award for Best Fiction Novel in 2013. Originally written in German and published in 2002, Jan-Philipp Sendker’s debut novel, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, was translated into English by Kevin Wiliarty in 2006. ![]()
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