Listening Well, Heather Morris
Listening Well, Heather Morris
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Listening Well
Bringing Stories of Hope to Life

Author: Heather Morris

Narrator: Heather Morris, Nicolette McKenzie

Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/02/2022

Synopsis

This program includes an interview between the author and Lale Sokolov and a new introduction read by the author.

From New York Times bestselling author Heather Morris comes the memoir of a life of listening to others.

In Listening Well, Heather will explore her extraordinary talents as a listener—a skill she employed when she first met Lale Sokolov, the tattooist at Auschwitz-Birkenau and the inspiration for her bestselling novel. It was this ability that led Lale to entrust Heather with his story, which she told in her novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz and the bestselling follow up, Cilka's Journey.

Now Heather shares the story behind her inspirational writing journey and the defining experiences of her life, including her profound friendship with Lale, and explores how she learned to really listen to the stories people told her—skills she believes we can all learn.

"Stories are what connect us and remind us that hope is always possible."—Heather Morris

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.

About Heather Morris

HEATHER MORRIS is a native of New Zealand, now resident in Australia. For several years, while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, she studied and wrote screenplays, one of which was optioned by an Academy Award-winning screenwriter in the US. In 2003, Heather was introduced to an elderly gentleman who ‘might just have a story worth telling’. The day she met Lale Sokolov changed both their lives. Their friendship grew and Lale embarked on a journey of self-scrutiny, entrusting the innermost details of his life during the Holocaust to her. Heather originally wrote Lale’s story as a screenplay – which ranked high in international competitions – before reshaping it into her debut novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marilyn (not getting notifications) on August 09, 2022

Listening Well by Heather Morris was a captivating account of how she learned how to become a good listener as others told their stories. As she listened intently without taking notes or recording the conversations or interviews, she was able to help them tell their stories in their own words, expre......more

Goodreads review by Jackie on December 25, 2021

After writing a series of three successful novels, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and Three Sisters, Heather Morris has turned the page with a captivating book about the power of listening. She said, "Taking time to really listen to someone and hear their story requires patience and per......more

Goodreads review by Conrade on March 14, 2022

Do not even try to judge until one has walked a mile in someone else's shoes. This message rings throughout this book that urges us to listen before we speak. As we deal with the pandemic that has crippled much of the world, we need to reset our expectations and adjust to a new world. This makes the......more

Goodreads review by Andi on February 27, 2022

I got this book to read in advance in exchange for an honest review. I originally thought it was going to be behind the scenes stories of her two novels, and parts of it were, but I could have done without the self help parts. The book didn’t seem to flow well and was extremely repetitive. I would h......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on February 11, 2022

Bringing Stories of Hope to Life Heather Morris is one of my favorite authors. The Tattooist of Auschwitz, and Cilka’s Journey show what a great storyteller she is and also what a great story listener she is. And that is what this book is about. Listening. “Stories are what connect us and remind us t......more

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