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Pegasus
March 2015
On Sale: March 15, 2015
Featuring: Malcolm Dowd; Noah
336 pages
ISBN: 1605986887
EAN: 9781605986883
Kindle: 1605986887
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Fiction
A wise and witty novel about the challenges to identity that arise in both adolescence and
middle age—and the student and therapist who just may have the power to save each other. Malcolm Dowd is almost positive he recognizes the freshman who shows up for a session at
his office in Baxter College’s Center for Behavioral Health—he just can’t place her. When
suddenly she stands, takes off her wig, and reveals herself as Noah, the young man Malcolm
had been treating months earlier, it marks the start of a relationship that will change
them both. After losing his wife at a young age, Malcolm dedicated himself to giving his two daughters
the stable, predictable childhood he never had. But now nothing is predictable—not his
young adult daughters, not himself, and certainly not Noah. Whether he’s attending class or
rehearsing for the campus musical, Noah finds he’s often challenging everyone’s definition
of gender. During the course of one semester, Noah’s and Malcolm’s lives become entwined in
ways neither could ever have imagined. Told alternately from Malcolm’s and Noah’s perspectives The Listener explores the ways in
which we conceal and reveal our identities. As truth after truth is exposed, characters are
forced to reconsider themselves and reorder their lives, with few easy answers to be found
for anyone. The Listener is, ultimately, about the power of human connection and the many
shapes that love can take.
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