Jan-Philipp Sendker, born in Hamburg in 1960, was the American correspondent for Stern from 1990 to 1995, and its Asian correspondent from 1995 to 1999. In 2000 he published Cracks in the Wall, a nonfiction book about China. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, his first novel, is an international best seller. He lives in Berlin with his family.
Kevin Wiliarty has a BA in German from Harvard and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. A native of the United States, he has also lived in Germany and Japan. He is currently an academic technician at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he lives with his wife and two children.
"An absolutely transcendent novel that doesn't just dare to understand the human heart, it inhabits it. About love, unspeakable loss, and coming to know what really saves us in life, this is the kind of stunningly perfect novel that changes lives. I know it did mine. To say I loved it is pure understatement." --Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You and Is This Tomorrow
"Sendker's follow-up to The Art of Hearing
Heartbeats...opens readers' eyes to a history of buried
atrocities...[and] takes pains to develop a realistic world..."
--Publishers Weekly "An absorbing, moving sequel."
--Booklist
"In...Sendker's sequel to The Art of Hearing
Heartbeats...[Julia] returns to Burma...for further lessons in
love. Sendker [is] a mesmerizing storyteller." --Kirkus
"Very literary, it is a story of emotion, of magic, of belief, of
many kinds of love and of hope. Like the previous book, The Art
of Hearing Heartbeats, the sequel is beautifully written...in
this series, the mystical elements are as important as the
mundane...Many readers will find A Well-Tempered Heart
incredibly beautiful and moving." --RT Book Reviews "Earnest
and endearing, this just-arriving-in-translation sequel to the
international mega-bestseller, The Art of Hearing
Heartbeats, is a through-the-night read that will leave you
sighing and swooning...German journalist Jan-Philipp Sendker's
novels somehow manage to provide a rare, cleansing catharsis...Just
as her father followed his heart home, Julia is called back by a
desperate stranger with impossible questions from the other side of
the world...But before Julia can answer, she must learn in her own
heart "what is important"... might I add, surely a life lesson for
us all."--BookDragon "Sendker evokes Burma and the
juxtaposition of simple rural lives against a threatening military
that demands the lives of their sons--not even as soldiers but as
human land mine sweepers--with prose that is lush and as mystical
as the villagers' beliefs." --Gilmore Guide to Books
"Jan-Philipp Sendker delivers another intriguing tale with A
Well-Tempered Heart." --RT Books "When Jan-Philipp
Sendker penned the sequel to his international bestseller The
Art of Hearing Heartbeats, romantics worldwide breathed a sigh
of relief. In this book readers have the chance to follow Julia
Win, a Manhattan lawyer who stumbles upon a journey of
self-reflection while picking up the pieces of her personal life.
This story of love, loss, and understanding is sure to leave an
impression on your heart." --Ladies Home Journal
"What begins as a problem-solving quest becomes a journey of
self-discovery, sure to resonate with anyone who has ever sought to
reinvent oneself." --Shelf Awareness
"...[L]ike poetry. A story within a story, where the main
characters are entwined...[A Well-Tempered Heart] will
transport you to the spot where everything happens, then leave you
breathless wanting more." --Serendipitous Readings
"A winning locale and a lost soul seeking something she is unsure
of what make for a delightful sequel." --Genre Go Round
Books
"[A] hauntingly beautiful sequel to The Art of Hearing
Heartbeats... A Well-Tempered Heart touches the reader
on many levels. It is a love story: love of a mother for her sons,
love between a sister and brother, and love between a man and a
woman." --The Freelance-Star
"Once again, author and translator alike, have magically strung a
beautiful piece of writing together. This book, like it's prequel
is a beautifully written story with a lyrical style that leaves you
wanting more." --Good Book Fairy
"[T]ruly an original, the author's prose flawless and
evocative." --Historical Novels Review
"Engagingly drawn." --BookPage
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