{"product_id":"listener-the-9780743292894","title":"Listener the","description":"\u003cb\u003eShira Nayman's riveting and haunting first novel of madness and passion is set in a psychiatric hospital just after World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo years after the end of World War II, a mysterious figure, Bertram Reiner, appears at Shadowbrook, a private asylum whose elegant hallways, vaulted ceilings, and magnificent grounds suggest a country estate more than a psychiatric hospital.\u003c\/b\u003e At first, the chief psychiatrist--as genteel as his aristocratic surrounds--considers his charismatic patient to be a classic, though particularly intriguing, case of war neurosis. But as treatment progresses, Dr. Harrison's sense of clarity clouds over, and he is drawn into Bertram's disquieting preoccupations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen, late one night, an intruder is sighted on the hospital grounds, the first in a series of uncanny events that appear to the doctor to be strangely linked; clues abound, yet the truth about Bertram seems always to slip away. Meanwhile, Dr. Harrison's own long-buried troubles reemerge with brutal force. As the careful contours of his existence begin to waver, the doctor is plunged into dangerous, compulsive territory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Dr. Harrison finds himself spying on his head nurse, Matilda, even following her one midnight through the underground tunnels that join the hospital buildings, he knows there is no turning back. He is desperate to get to the bottom of the intertwining mysteries connecting Bertram, Matilda, and himself, and senses that everything in his life--and theirs--is at stake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the backdrop of the insanity of war, \u003ci\u003eThe Listener\u003c\/i\u003e explores the havoc historical trauma plays with the psyche, and illuminates the uncertain boundary between sanity and insanity. Shira Nayman's storytelling is mesmerizing. \u003ci\u003eThe Listener\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting tale of madness, mystery, and passion that excavates the dark corners of the human heart and mind. It is a work of rare depth and power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743292894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e133595 \/ Time Quake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.5 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 18\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shira Nayman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52072228880565,"sku":"9780743292894","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_42da51bf-a23a-4df9-90d0-182f61aad341.jpg?v=1764688163","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/listener-the-9780743292894","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}