A Well-Tempered Heart
A Novel
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats Series: Book #2
- By: Jan-Philipp Sendker & Kevin Wiliarty
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hours 40 minutes
Description
The sequel to theinternational bestselling novel The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Almost ten years have passed since Julia Win came back fromBurma, her father’s native country. Though she is a successful Manhattanlawyer, her private life is at a crossroads; her boyfriend recently left her,she has suffered a miscarriage, and she is, despite her wealth, unhappy withher professional life. Julia is lost and exhausted.
One day, in the middle of an important business meeting, shehears a stranger’s voice in her head that causes her to leave the officewithout explanation. In the following days, her crisis only deepens. Not onlydoes the female voice refuse to disappear, but it starts to ask questions Juliahas been trying to avoid. Why do you live alone? To whom do you feel close?What do you want in life?
Interwoven with Julia’s story is that of a Burmesewoman named Nu Nu who finds her world turned upside down when Burma goes to warand calls on her two young sons to be child soldiers. This spirited sequel,like The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, explores the most inspiring andpassionate terrain: the human heart.
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The Art of Hearing Heartbeats Series Series

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
By: Jan-Philipp Sendker & Kevin Wiliarty
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 9 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
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... Read more »
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A Well-Tempered Heart
By: Jan-Philipp Sendker & Kevin Wiliarty
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 10 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
The sequel to theinternational bestselling novel The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Almost ten years have passed since Julia Win came back fromBurma, her father’s native country. Though she is a successful Manhattanlawyer, her private life is at a crossroads; her boyfriend recently left her,she has suffered a miscarriage, and she is, despite her... Read more »
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The Heart Remembers
By: Jan-Philipp Sendker
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
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... Read more »
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