| The Song Reader Original Edition Contributor(s): Tucker, Lisa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743464451 ISBN-13: 9780743464451 Publisher: Downtown Press OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: When two sisters are left alone after the death of their mother and the disappearance of their father, Mary Beth becomes the hero of both her younger sister and their entire town. She is a "song reader." She doesn't read palms or tarot cards; she reads people's secrets and desires from the songs they can't get out of their minds. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Family Life - Siblings |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003273854 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.34" W x 8.28" (0.61 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Missouri |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 76667 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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? |
Contributor Bio(s): Tucker, Lisa: - Lisa Tucker is the bestselling author of The Promised World, The Cure for Modern Life, Once Upon a Day, Shout Down the Moon and The Song Reader. Her short work has appeared in Seventeen, Pages and The Oxford American. She lives in Pennsylvania with her family. |