--- product_id: 770696 title: "The Art of Hearing Heartbeats: A Novel" price: "฿1361" currency: THB in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.th/products/770696-the-art-of-hearing-heartbeats-a-novel store_origin: TH region: Thailand --- # The Art of Hearing Heartbeats: A Novel **Price:** ฿1361 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Art of Hearing Heartbeats: A Novel - **How much does it cost?** ฿1361 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.th](https://www.desertcart.co.th/products/770696-the-art-of-hearing-heartbeats-a-novel) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The first book in the Art of Hearing Heartbeats series, this is a passionate love story, a haunting fable, and an enchanting mystery set in Burma. When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be…until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago, to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father’s past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion that will reaffirm the reader’s belief in the power of love to move mountains. Review: This book is a wonderfully special treasure... - This book is a wonderfully special treasure. A book about the strength of love, and the pull it has, over distance and over years, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats captivated me from the start and didn't let me go, and now I can't stop thinking about it. Don't you love books like that? Just shortly after her graduation from law school, Julia Win's steadfastly reliable father, a successful attorney in his own right, disappears without a trace. Although he told his family he was meeting a client in Boston, his trail ends in Bangkok, and no further evidence can be found. One day, in a box of her father's things, Julia finds a letter her father wrote more than 50 years before to a woman in Burma, a woman Julia never heard of before. Determined to find out who this woman was, and where her father might have gone, Julia leaves home and work and heads to Burma (now Myanmar), to this woman's village. She has no idea what she'll find, and what she uncovers is a story about overcoming grief and sadness, the beauty of the senses, and the amazing power of love. The book cuts back and forth between the present and the Burma of the 1940s and 50s. I had never heard of this book until I saw it on desertcart's list of February's best books. I was worried that the story might be too sappy, too precious to enjoy, but I was proven wrong. While romance is at the heart of the book (no pun intended), there are so many other things at play as well--happiness, sadness, betrayal, courage--that I was completely immersed. Jan-Philipp Sendker has created a memorable story with wonderful characters whose vividness had me seeing their story unfold before my eyes. I really loved this book. Review: Great Book, Loved Learning about Burma, Few Dislikes Didn't Detract Overall - Edited bc html didn't translate!! Overall, a great book and a great read. There were a few issues, but overall I really enjoyed it. I typically do not read books that are touted as "poignant" and "inspirational" ... least of all "love story." Even less, a book where someone is discovering the hidden life of someone they love, which *apparently* (according to the back) involves infidelity, and which involves "the power of love to move mountains." brrp. sorry just threw up in my mouth a little. Yeah. so, not my kind of book. But it's a book group book, so I give it my full attention and an open mind. And it was GOOD. From the beginning. It drew me in and kept me there. It's a fast read and an engaging plot. Let me describe it a little: Meet privileged family, in big city in America, at sudden disappearance of the father (Tin Win) of the family. Understand that the family knows nothing of the father's first 20 years of his life and that it seems to be some kind of grand mystery. Know that the father is a very successful lawyer who hails from some faraway foreign land. And then travel with the early-20s daughter (Julia), a newly minted lawyer herself, to Burma to discovery "the truth" of her father. Enter strange old man (U Ba) who seems to know every thought, emotion, and intimate part of Tin Win's life and the life of the woman he apparently loved from his mid-teens until approximately 20. And discover Burma and the Burmese, blindness and discovery, and struggle and heartache with Julia as she begins to learn "the truth" about her father. Sendker made Burma come alive, made the Burmese insistence on belief in astrology interesting, and made the reader desire to learn the art of hearing heartbeats. It was so **interesting**! It was so well paced and the characters were so well drawn! I loved the varying perspectives we managed to get. I loved the scenery and the thoughts. I loved the peripheral characters. I even liked MiMi and Tin Win and wanted to believe in their love. So what didn't I like? HUGE SPOILERS HEREIN: SPOILERSPOILERSPOILER: I did not like that U Ba not only knew the intimate (and I mean _intimate_) details of Tin Win and MiMi's lives, but that the *shared* them with Tin Win's *daughter*?! That was probably my biggest beef. But since we're on spoiler-alert here anyway, I also didn't like (_really_ didn't like!) that somehow Julia was just hunky-dory with the fact that her father supposedly had this undying amazing love for Mi Mi, somehow also loved her mother and his family, and that that was all just ok. I didn't like that Tin Win was selfish enough to find a new family in America, and selfish enough to hold so ardently onto his feelings for Mi Mi. And I didn't like that he was selfish enough to "choose" to die and leave his son, his daughter, and even his wife without any note, explanation, or apology. His only "note" was the story he told his other son, and that was supposed to be sufficient. And then they were celebrated?! I get that Julia was trying to recognize cultural differences and allow for more than 1 kind of love... but what he did to both of his sons and his daughter, not even paying any attention to the two women, I don't think that's loving. It's self-focused. SPOILERSPOILERSPOILER END SPOILERS But aside from not liking the PERSON all that much, and/or his decisions, I liked the STORY, and I thought it was well told. Very well told. And I definitely recommend the book! FOUR of five stars. This and other reviews can be found at AllBookReviewer.blogspot.com ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #3,651 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #14 in Cultural Heritage Fiction #320 in Literary Fiction (Books) #967 in Contemporary Romance (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 17,200 Reviews | ## Images ![The Art of Hearing Heartbeats: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91+-f-96DbL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book is a wonderfully special treasure... *by L***R on August 3, 2012* This book is a wonderfully special treasure. A book about the strength of love, and the pull it has, over distance and over years, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats captivated me from the start and didn't let me go, and now I can't stop thinking about it. Don't you love books like that? Just shortly after her graduation from law school, Julia Win's steadfastly reliable father, a successful attorney in his own right, disappears without a trace. Although he told his family he was meeting a client in Boston, his trail ends in Bangkok, and no further evidence can be found. One day, in a box of her father's things, Julia finds a letter her father wrote more than 50 years before to a woman in Burma, a woman Julia never heard of before. Determined to find out who this woman was, and where her father might have gone, Julia leaves home and work and heads to Burma (now Myanmar), to this woman's village. She has no idea what she'll find, and what she uncovers is a story about overcoming grief and sadness, the beauty of the senses, and the amazing power of love. The book cuts back and forth between the present and the Burma of the 1940s and 50s. I had never heard of this book until I saw it on Amazon's list of February's best books. I was worried that the story might be too sappy, too precious to enjoy, but I was proven wrong. While romance is at the heart of the book (no pun intended), there are so many other things at play as well--happiness, sadness, betrayal, courage--that I was completely immersed. Jan-Philipp Sendker has created a memorable story with wonderful characters whose vividness had me seeing their story unfold before my eyes. I really loved this book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Book, Loved Learning about Burma, Few Dislikes Didn't Detract Overall *by A***N on January 7, 2014* Edited bc html didn't translate!! Overall, a great book and a great read. There were a few issues, but overall I really enjoyed it. I typically do not read books that are touted as "poignant" and "inspirational" ... least of all "love story." Even less, a book where someone is discovering the hidden life of someone they love, which *apparently* (according to the back) involves infidelity, and which involves "the power of love to move mountains." brrp. sorry just threw up in my mouth a little. Yeah. so, not my kind of book. But it's a book group book, so I give it my full attention and an open mind. And it was GOOD. From the beginning. It drew me in and kept me there. It's a fast read and an engaging plot. Let me describe it a little: Meet privileged family, in big city in America, at sudden disappearance of the father (Tin Win) of the family. Understand that the family knows nothing of the father's first 20 years of his life and that it seems to be some kind of grand mystery. Know that the father is a very successful lawyer who hails from some faraway foreign land. And then travel with the early-20s daughter (Julia), a newly minted lawyer herself, to Burma to discovery "the truth" of her father. Enter strange old man (U Ba) who seems to know every thought, emotion, and intimate part of Tin Win's life and the life of the woman he apparently loved from his mid-teens until approximately 20. And discover Burma and the Burmese, blindness and discovery, and struggle and heartache with Julia as she begins to learn "the truth" about her father. Sendker made Burma come alive, made the Burmese insistence on belief in astrology interesting, and made the reader desire to learn the art of hearing heartbeats. It was so **interesting**! It was so well paced and the characters were so well drawn! I loved the varying perspectives we managed to get. I loved the scenery and the thoughts. I loved the peripheral characters. I even liked MiMi and Tin Win and wanted to believe in their love. So what didn't I like? HUGE SPOILERS HEREIN: SPOILERSPOILERSPOILER: I did not like that U Ba not only knew the intimate (and I mean _intimate_) details of Tin Win and MiMi's lives, but that the *shared* them with Tin Win's *daughter*?! That was probably my biggest beef. But since we're on spoiler-alert here anyway, I also didn't like (_really_ didn't like!) that somehow Julia was just hunky-dory with the fact that her father supposedly had this undying amazing love for Mi Mi, somehow also loved her mother and his family, and that that was all just ok. I didn't like that Tin Win was selfish enough to find a new family in America, and selfish enough to hold so ardently onto his feelings for Mi Mi. And I didn't like that he was selfish enough to "choose" to die and leave his son, his daughter, and even his wife without any note, explanation, or apology. His only "note" was the story he told his other son, and that was supposed to be sufficient. And then they were celebrated?! I get that Julia was trying to recognize cultural differences and allow for more than 1 kind of love... but what he did to both of his sons and his daughter, not even paying any attention to the two women, I don't think that's loving. It's self-focused. SPOILERSPOILERSPOILER END SPOILERS But aside from not liking the PERSON all that much, and/or his decisions, I liked the STORY, and I thought it was well told. Very well told. And I definitely recommend the book! FOUR of five stars. This and other reviews can be found at AllBookReviewer.blogspot.com ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fabulous story - great read *by L***N on April 15, 2026* Fabulous story - great read. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Art of Hearing Heartbeats: A Novel - Other Press (NY) The Heart Remembers - A Well-Tempered Heart --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.th/products/770696-the-art-of-hearing-heartbeats-a-novel](https://www.desertcart.co.th/products/770696-the-art-of-hearing-heartbeats-a-novel) --- *Product available on Desertcart Thailand* *Store origin: TH* *Last updated: 2026-06-09*