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The Listener: A Novel
The Listener: A Novel
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A wise and witty novel about the challenges to identity that arise in both adolescence and middle age —and of the college freshman and school psychologist who just may have the power to save each other.
Malcolm Dowd is almost positive he recognizes the young woman who shows up for a session at his office in Baxter College’s Center for Behavioral Health — he just can’t place her. When suddenly she stands, takes off her wig, and reveals herself as Noah, the young man Malcolm had been treating months earlier, it marks the start of a relationship that will change them both forever.
Since his wife’s death years earlier in a car accident, Malcolm had dedicated himself to giving his two daughters the stable, predictable childhood he did not have. But nothing is predictable — not his daughters, not himself, and certainly not Noah. As Noah attempts to juggle homework and the campus production of Les Miserables with his search to define himself, his life becomes inextricably entwined with Malcolm’s.Told alternately from Malcolm’s and Noah’s perspectives, The Listener charts the challenges to identity that arise in both adolescence and middle age. Characters are peeled back and made to put themselves back together, with few easy answers to be found for anyone. The Listener is, ultimately, about human connection and the many shapes that love can take.
Malcolm Dowd is almost positive he recognizes the young woman who shows up for a session at his office in Baxter College’s Center for Behavioral Health — he just can’t place her. When suddenly she stands, takes off her wig, and reveals herself as Noah, the young man Malcolm had been treating months earlier, it marks the start of a relationship that will change them both forever.
Since his wife’s death years earlier in a car accident, Malcolm had dedicated himself to giving his two daughters the stable, predictable childhood he did not have. But nothing is predictable — not his daughters, not himself, and certainly not Noah. As Noah attempts to juggle homework and the campus production of Les Miserables with his search to define himself, his life becomes inextricably entwined with Malcolm’s.Told alternately from Malcolm’s and Noah’s perspectives, The Listener charts the challenges to identity that arise in both adolescence and middle age. Characters are peeled back and made to put themselves back together, with few easy answers to be found for anyone. The Listener is, ultimately, about human connection and the many shapes that love can take.
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