Through close observation of human and animal life in the desert, the daunting scale of human society and the belief in the difference one person can make is captured.
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“Follows a damaged, trusting man as he heals through human connection and requited love….It leaves a warm afterglow and an optimism that lingers."
— Daily Mail (London)
“An intriguing portrait of a lonesome man trying to do good in a grim world.”
— Booklist (starred review)“How we can nurture ourselves, the people dear to us, and the world around us are key issues in this gentle, meditative novel.”
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Lydia Millet is the PEN Award-winning author of eleven works of fiction, including Sweet Lamb of Heaven and Magnificence, which have been named New York Times Notable Books of the Year and finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
After producing, directing, and engineering spoken word recordings for over twenty years, Paul Heitsch began narrating audiobooks in 2011, and has recorded many bestselling titles as both himself and under a pseudonym. A classically trained pianist, Paul is also a composer and sound designer, and is currently the director of music for the James Madison University School of Theatre and Dance, and an adjunct instructor for the JMU School of Music. He and his family live in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia (although Chicago will always be his hometown).