The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker

I loved this book. It's beautifully descriptive and the writing is lovely to read. The basic premise is a bit forced - an American woman travels to Burma to discover what happened to her father after he disappeared years earlier.  In my view this was an unnecessary framework for a better story - a love affair between two young Burmese who both suffer from different disabilities and learn to fill each other's deficiencies.  This aspect of the book was very compelling and enjoyable, and I think the modern day context could have been cut out. Overall, an easy but lovely book to read.