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02293aam a22003978i 4500 001 CD1EA76A587611E6BD30F7B3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 151110s2016 mau 000 1 eng 010 $a 2015037466 020 $a 0544253213 020 $a 9780544253216 (hardcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3615.C48 $b H53 2016 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 084 $a FIC000000 $a FIC000000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Ochsner, Gina, $d 1970- $e author. 245 14 $a The hidden letters of Velta B. / $c Gina Ochsner. 260 $a Boston : $b Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, $c 2016. 263 $a 1608 300 $a 301 pages ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a "The story of a boy with extraordinary ears who -- with the help of a cache of his great-grandmother's letters -- brings healing to a town burdened by the sins of its past. Young Maris has been summoned to his mother's bedside as she nears the end of her life; she feels she must tell him her version of their family history, the story of his early life, and the ways in which he changed the lives of others. Maris was born with what some might call a blessing and others might deem a curse: his very large, very special ears enable him to hear the secrets of the dead, as well as the memories that haunt his Latvian hometown. Nestled in the woodlands on the banks of the Aiviekste River, their town suffered the ravages of war, then the cold shock of independence. As a boy, Maris found himself heir to an odd assortment of hidden letters; a school project provided the chance to share them, forcing the town to hear the truth from the past and face what it meant for their future"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Mothers and sons $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Spiritual healing $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Great-grandmothers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Family secrets $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Letters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a City and town life $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Blessing and cursing $v Fiction. 941 $a 4 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230203012251.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213015013.0 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20191211011953.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006100654.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CD1EA76A587611E6BD30F7B3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search