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008			150723s20122012nyu 000 1 eng d
020			_a9780062113764
050	0	0	_aPS3612.E3513 _bS56 2012
082	1		_aFIC LEG _2
100	1		_aLeganski, Rita
245	1	4	_aThe silence of Bonaventure Arrow : _ba novel _c/ Rita Leganski.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Harper _c, c2012.
300			_a378 p. _c; 21 cm
520			_aConceived in love and possibility, Bonaventure Arrow didn't make a peep when he was born, and the doctor nearly took him for dead. No one knows that Bonaventure's silence is filled with resonance - a miraculous gift of rarified hearing that encompasses the Universe of Every Single Sound. Growing up in the big house on Christopher Street in Bayou Cymbaline, Bonaventure can hear flowers grow, a thousand shades of blue, and the miniature tempests that rage inside raindrops. He can also hear the gentle voice of his father, William Arrow, shot dead before Bonaventure was born by a mysterious stranger known only as the Wanderer. Bonaventure's remarkable gift of listening promises salvation to the souls who love him: his beautiful young mother, Dancy, haunted by the death of her husband; his Grand-mère Letice, plagued by grief and a long-buried guilt she locks away in a chapel; and his father, William, whose roaming spirit must fix the wreckage of the past. With the help of Trinidad Prefontaine, a Creole housekeeper endowed with her own special gifts, Bonaventure will find the key to long-buried mysteries and soothe a chorus of family secrets clamoring to be healed.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aMute persons _v--Fiction
650		4	_aFamily secrets _v--Fiction
650			_aHousekeepers _v--Fiction
650		4	_aFamilies _z-Louisiana _v--Fiction
651		4	_aNew Orleans (LA) _v--Fiction
942			_cMO
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