No Two Persons
One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s No Two Persons is “a gloriously original celebration of fiction, and the ways it deepens our lives.”*
That was the beauty of books, wasn’t it? They took you places you didn’t know you needed to go…
Alice has always wanted to be a writer. Her talent is innate, but her stories remain safe and detached, until a devastating event breaks her heart open, and she creates a stunning debut novel. Her words, in turn, find their way to readers, from a teenager hiding her homelessness, to a free diver pushing himself beyond endurance, an artist furious at the world around her, a bookseller in search of love, a widower rent by grief. Each one is drawn into Alice’s novel; each one discovers something different that alters their perspective, and presents new pathways forward for their lives.
Together, their stories reveal how books can affect us in the most beautiful and unexpected of ways—and how we are all more closely connected to one another than we might think.
“With its beautiful parts that add up to a brilliant whole, No Two Persons made my reader’s heart sing.”—*Nina de Gramont, New York Times bestselling author of The Christie Affair
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The book centres around a book (haha) that is sent out into the world after a tragedy unspools the story out of its author. What follows are 9 anecdotal yet almost serendipitous encounters with the book, and how the book set, changed or completely obliterated the path before the lives of its readers.
Sure, with each chapter focusing on a different person’s encounter with the book, one can easily see the ‘seams’ of this story, but Erica Bauermeister masterfully weaves in tale after tale to talk about all those things - as the professor’s character suggests - human beings are willing to do to and for each other.
A profoundly thoughtful, most poignant read to invoke joy, sorrow, heartbreak and beauty.
A solid 5
Now this is a book for a true bibliophile!
An exploration of how one book is interpreted in a multitude of ways and the varying impacts it has on its readers.
A stunning tribute to the power of a book; No Two Persons is a lyrical treat that will leave your heart full.
I greatly enjoyed the full casting for this audiobook. Ten well executed voices that lend to a most enjoyable listen.
Many thanks to the Libro.fm Librarian ALC program, Macmillan Audio, and the author for this complimentary Audiobook Listening Copy.
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