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Title	:	The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow
Author	:	Rita Leganski
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 400 pages
Published	:	February 26th 2013 by Harper Paperbacks
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Magical Realism. Fantasy. Mystery

The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow

Rita Leganski

Paperback | Pages: 400 pages

Rating: 4.08 | 5393 Users | 940 Reviews

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Conceived in love and possibility, Bonaventure Arrow didn’t make a peep when he was born, and the doctor nearly took him for dead. No one knows Bonaventure's silence is filled with resonance - a miraculous gift of rarified hearing that encompasses the Universe of Every Single Sound. Growing up in the big house on Christopher Street in Bayou Cymbaline, Bonaventure can hear flowers grow, a thousand shades of blue, and the miniature tempests that rage inside raindrops. He can also hear the gentle voice of his father, William Arrow, shot dead before Bonaventure was born by a mysterious stranger known only as the Wanderer.

Bonaventure's remarkable gift of listening promises salvation to the souls who love him: his beautiful young mother, Dancy, haunted by the death of her husband; his Grand-mere Letice, plagued by grief and long-buried guilt she locks away in a chapel; and his father, William, whose roaming spirit must fix the wreckage of the past. With the help of Trinidad Prefontaine, a Creole housekeeper endowed with her own special gifts, Bonaventure will find the key to long-buried mysteries and soothe a chorus of family secrets clamoring to be healed.

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ISBN:	0062113763 (ISBN13: 9780062113764)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	New Orleans, Louisiana(United States)

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Know what you're getting into: This is soooooper sentimental. Like a Frank Capra directing The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry from a screenplay by Paolo Coelho, starring Michael Landon, with a soundtrack by Andrew LLoyd Webber level of sentimentality. Rita Leganski has built a sentimentality amplifier that "goes to 11".That being said, this is a great read. The prose is beautiful and the characters are surprisingly real for a story that involves voodoo, ghosts, and super hearing. Leganski's

Beautiful story told in a deceptively understated, dreamy way that lulls the reader into thinking not much is going on....but so much happens! Bonaventure Arrow is born unable to speak but he hears everything, and his hearing becomes more acute as he grows older. His family includes his mother and two grandmothers, all very nuanced and fully fleshed out characters. Bonaventure reminded me of Owen Meany (A Prayer for Owen Meany) in a good way!This book managed to touch on so many social issues

Thank you , thank you Rita Leganski for writing this wonderful and magical novel, In a week that has seen so much tragedy in so many places, involving so may people, I was sorely in need of a little magic. This novel features some wonderful people, not least little Bonaventure Arrow who cannot speak but can hear things other people cannot. The prose is like liquid, it flows fluently and freely. Yet all is not sweetness and light, it is New Orleans in the 1950's, a place of root and voodoo and

What a wonderful read! Just marvelous! It comes out in February so promise to watch for it!

This is certainly a beautifully written story by a truly talented author, so I understand the high ratings, if you enjoy this genre. The magical realism, voodoo & hoodoo, and the supernatural aspects just do nothing for me these days; but I loved the ending and the life lessons Leganski was attempting to portray. Some very loveable characters as well.

I won this book from GoodReads! Wow, I loved this book. Although there wasn't a lot of dialogue, this book spoke to me so loudly and clearly that it was hard to put down. I hope this wasn't Ms. Leganski's first book as I need to read more of her.

I LOVE this book. It is a darling lyrical gem of beautiful language and gentle philosophy about how the characters deal with the currents in their lives. I remember thinking that the author must have had so much fun coming up with images for the things Bonaventure could hear. I am so glad I listened to the audible version; the narrator, Maggi-Meg Reed, was perfect and found distinct voices for the characters. I wish they had cast her to read the Hunger Games trilogy. I am adding this one to my