Listening Is an Act of Love

By Dave Isay (editor),

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A New York Times Bestseller

ā€œEach interview is a revelation.ā€ ā€”USA Today

ā€œAs heartwarming as a holiday pumpkin pie and every bit as homey . . . what emerges in these compelling pages is hard-won wisdom and boundless humanity.ā€ ā€”Seattle Post-Intelligencer

As heard on NPR, a wondrous nationwide celebration ofā€¦

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1 author picked Listening Is an Act of Love as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book is a celebration of experiences, told not by Hollywood, not by ā€œthe rich and famous,ā€ but by people who might live next door to you and me. Pulled together from the massive archives of the highly esteemed StoryCorps project and edited by its Founderā€”Dave Isay, this book is dedicated to the power of true stories told by ordinary Americans.

I love the sheer variety offered in this collection. I did not expect this book to be a page-turner, but each story held such unpredictability and emotional range that I simply could not put it down! The book isā€¦

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