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Original Title:	Music of the Ghosts
ISBN:	1508228175 (ISBN13: 9781508228172)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Aspen Words Literary Prize Nominee for Longlist (2018)

Music of the Ghosts

Vaddey Ratner

Audiobook | Pages: 254 pages

Rating: 3.82 | 842 Users | 201 Reviews

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Title	:	Music of the Ghosts
Author	:	Vaddey Ratner
Book Format	:	Audiobook
Book Edition	:	eAudiobook
Pages	:	Pages: 254 pages
Published	:	April 11th 2017 by Simon Schuster Audio
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Asia. Adult

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This “novel of extraordinary humanity” (Madeleine Thien, author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing) from New York Times bestselling author Vaddey Ratner reveals “the endless ways that families can be forged and broken hearts held” (Chicago Tribune) as 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, and 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. He will have to confess the bonds he shared with her parents, the passion with which they all embraced the Khmer Rouge’s illusory promise of a democratic society, and the truth about her father’s end.

A love story for things lost and restored, a lyrical hymn to the power of forgiveness, Music of the Ghosts is a “sensitive portrait of the inheritance of survival” (USA TODAY) and a journey through the embattled geography of the heart where love can be reborn.

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I loved Ratner's first novel In the Shadow of the Banyan and was so excited to read this one as I know Ratner creates scenery and characters that are descriptive and evocative.Here, we have a woman, Teera, that fled Cambodia during the reign of terror of the Khmer Rouge when she was just a child. She returns to her homeland over twenty years later to pay honor to her aunt who has died. At the temple where her family is given homage, a man we know as the Old Musician invites Teera to visit him as

Love....hope... humanity. Intangible, yes, but also the building blocks of self-preservation, renewal : These are the most durable possesions I have. If Vaddey Ratner's debut In the Shadow of the Banyan was an emotional and beautifully written read (if sometimes structurally weak), Ratner's follow up continues to showcase her lush and gorgeous writing while also delivering a more complicated, less autobiographical, and ultimately a stronger total package of a second novel. I'd give this a

"The past, surely he knows, is tricky terrain riddled with potholes and pitfalls and unmarked graves. No matter how vigilant you are, you can find yourself in a head-on collision and amidst the shock and reverberation, catch in the periphery of your vision a phantom of your deepest longing."Teera was a child when she and her aunt were able to escape the Khmer Rouge ruthless regime but the remainder of their family were not so lucky. Arriving and eventually settling in the US, Teera makes this

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, immerses herself in long-buried memories and prepares to learn her fathers fate.Meanwhile, the Old Musician, who earns his modest keep playing ceremonial music at a temple, awaits Teeras visit with great trepidation. He will have to confess the bonds he shared with



2.5 starsThis is an emotional, contemplative novel about two survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime, who struggle to come to terms with their memories decades after the genocide. Unfortunately, its characters are half-baked: one of the protagonists is a blank slate despite nearing middle age, while the other is built up as a reformed villain only to turn out not to be a villain at all.Teera arrives in Cambodia in 2003, for the first time since fleeing the country for Thailand and ultimately the

As Americans, we know quite a bit about the Vietnam War and the destruction we Americans unleashed on that nation. But I have the feeling that most Americans couldn't even point out Cambodia on a map, let alone know about the atrocities that were happening there, both internally and by the US, at the same time. Being an absolute sponge when it comes to information, I had heard both of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge regime, and I knew both were quite terrible. This book definitely brings all of