Music of the ghosts by Ratner, Vaddey - April 3, 2018

Music of the ghosts- Oversized paperback, lightly read, I enjoyed it immensely. Cover still bright and shiny interior unmarked spine tight, minimal amounts of wear. A love story for things lost and restored, a lyrical hymn to the power of forgiveness. a young woman begins an odyssey to discover the truth about her missing father... Leaving the safety of America, Teera returns to Cambodia for the first time since her harrowing escape as a child refugee. She carries a letter from a man who mysteriously signs himself as "the Old Musician" and claims to have known her father in the Khmer Rouge prison where he disappeared twenty-five years ago. In Phnom Penh, Teera finds a society still in turmoil, where perpetrators and survivors of unfathomable violence live side by side, striving to mend their still beloved country. She meets a young doctor who begins to open her heart, confronts her long-buried memories, prepares to learn her father's fate. Meanwhile, the Old Musician, who earns his modest keep playing ceremonial music at a temple, awaits Teera's visit. Waiting to confess the bonds he shared with her parents, passion with which they all embraced the Khmer Rouge's illusory promise of a democratic society, and the truth about her father's end. ....Music of the Ghosts: A Novel,Vaddey Ratner,Pub-Touchstone, First touchdown trade paperback - edition April 3, 2018, 1st printing. Oversized paperback, about 5.5 x 1 x 8.4 in. - 352 pages, interior design Jill Putorti, cover design Leo Nicholls, ISBN-1476795797 ,9781476795799, subjects history, Cambodia 20th century, fiction, LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it! -At least you know what you're getting into- City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it in - transit..... Music of the ghosts PB 4929 BMK 45