The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

'Touching and affecting prose'

* Sunday Herald *

'The story tore my mind and my heart apart and pieced both back together numerous times'

* Buzzfeed *

'A magical tale to capture your imagination'

* My Weekly *

'Part detective story, part travelogue, this poetically written novel is - above all - a love story… some will want to read it again and again'

* Reader's Digest *

'his love story spanning distance and decades had me hooked within a few pages'

* Global Atlanta *

'One of the most beautiful books I’ve read. I cried my eyes out!'

* USA Today *

'filled with imagination'

* EU PNJ *

'[The Art of Hearing Heartbeats] is a love story set in Burma…imbued with Eastern spirituality and fairy-tale romanticism…Fans of Nicholas Sparks and/or Elizabeth Gilbert should eat this up'

* Kirkus Reviews *

'A very tender, special love story with beautiful characters in a far away and almost mysterious country ... A wonderful book, giving you a feeling of both, happiness and deep emotions that stay with you for a long time after you have read the last page. A heart-warming, sun-drenched story for a rainy Sunday'

-- Ursula Zanger, Bookseller, Orell Füssli, The Bookshop, Zurich

'Sweetly tragic'

* Library Journal *

'No matter what I even attempt to say, I can’t possibly capture the absolute magic of this book. Like a spell, it haunts. Like love, it’s going to endure'

-- Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You

'Already a huge hit in Europe, Sendker’s debut is a lush tale of romance and family set in mid-twentieth century Burma….A beautiful tale bound to enchant readers'

* Booklist *

'A truly beautiful story that will captivate and thaw the coldest of hearts'

* We Love This Book *

'Magical...It’s stories like The Art of Hearing Heartbeats that show how our very existence is important...What a gift that is'

* Huffington Post *

'delightful, gripping, heartwarming'

* Sahara of Lond