The Song Reader

By Lisa Tucker
(Downtown Press, Paperback, 9780743464451, 320pp.)

Publication Date: May 6, 2003

Other Editions of This Title: eBook, Mass Market Paperback (April 26, 2005)

Categories: General

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She can hear the music in peoples' souls.

Mary Beth and her younger sister Leeann are trying to support themselves in their small Southern hometown. So 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?




About the Author

Lisa Tucker is the author of The Song Reader and Shout Down the Moon; she has also published short work in Seventeen, Pages, and The Oxford American. She has advanced degrees in English and math, and has taught creative writing at the Taos Conference and UCLA. Lisa lives in Pennsylvania and New Mexico with her husband and son. Visit her website at www.lisatucker.com.




Praise For The Song Reader

Margot Liveseyauthor of Eva Moves the Furniture[A] sparkling debut...delightful and engrossing.

John Dufresneauthor of Louisiana Power & Light[A]n achingly beautiful and bittersweet tale.

Silas Houseauthor of A Parchment of LeavesA stunning debut by a major new voice for her generation.

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