A moving, evocative tale of love, grief, and sisterhood from the author of the โbrilliant, tender, and rivetingโ (John Dufresne, author of I Donโt Like Where This Is Going) The Winters in Bloom.
She can hear the music in peopleโs 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: โsong reading.โ 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 Bethโs 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 canโt 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 everyoneโs lives are out of tune: Leeann worries sheโll never graduate from high school, and Ben canโt conduct his experiments. Without Mary Bethโs music, the townโs silence is louder than ever. Could it be that all the lyrics to all those foolish love songs really arenโt so foolish after all?