The Sound Of Us

Sarah Willis

Berkley Books, 2005 - Fiction - 324 pages

From the acclaimed author of A Good Distanceand Some Things That Stay, a thoughtful and compelling new novel. Alice Marlowe accepts her life the way it is. She is single, in her late forties, lives with a cat named Sampson, and has imaginary conversations with her dead twin brother. As a sign-language interpreter for the deaf, she is used to standing between people, facilitating their conversations with each other. But then a late-night phone call brings a beautiful, scared six-year-old girl into her life. And seeing herself through a child's eyes for the first time, she discovers that love is a universal language.

What people are saying

Review: The Sound of Us

User Review  - Ken - Goodreads

The overall book was an OK read, however the ending was a bit cheesy.

Review: The Sound of Us

User Review  - Lauren Smallwood - Goodreads

A very good read! I also appreciate that it is true to signing.

About the author

Sarah Willis is a Pushcart Prize nominee and is the author of "Some Things That Stay "(FSG, 2000), winner of the Book-of-the-Month-Club's Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction. She lives with her two children in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Sound Of Us
• Author: Sarah Willis
• Publisher: Berkley Books, 2005
• ISBN: 0425203026, 9780425203026
• Length: 324 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Historical