WINNER OF THE 2022 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWhen a Book and a reader are meant for each other, both of them know it .
There he meets a mesmerising street artist with a smug pet ferret; a homeless philosopher-poet; and his very own Book, who narrates Benny\'s life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter.
Blending unforgettable characters with jazz, climate change and our attachment to material possessions, this is classic Ruth Ozeki - bold, humane and heartbreaking..
So Benny seeks refuge in the silence of a large public library.
Then his mother develops a hoarding problem, and the voices grow more clamorous.
The voices belong to the things in his house and sound variously pleasant, angry or sad. .
After the tragic death of his father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. .
WINNER OF THE 2022 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWhen a Book and a reader are meant for each other, both of them know it
