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  • 04/2016
  • B01EV8J8SQ
  • 309 pages
  • $9.99
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  • 04/2016
  • 978-1504351119
  • 334 pages
  • $20.99
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  • 04/2016
  • 978-1504351133
  • 334 pages
  • $37.95
Sherry Maysonave
Author
The Girl Who Could Read Hearts

Adult; General Fiction (including literary and historical); (Market)

An evocative read brimming with inspiration and daring while exploring intuition, angels, the afterlife and social issues.

Born gifted with a rare seventh sense—the ability to read human hearts coupled with keen intuition— protagonist Kate Kindrick struggles to understand her capabilities. She is often bewildered by her unique perceptions combined with seeing symbols and panoplies of color in people’s hearts. Kate’s parents fear that their young daughter suffers from delusional psychosis. Their concerns are intensified by her claims that she has conversations with an angel. Only her grandmother, who is gravely ill, and her uncle, a famous writer, encourage Kate to develop her gifts. Yet it’s her naiveté of the intuitive signs that augur trouble.

The Girl Who Could Read Hearts explores issues relevant to many of today’s societal woes: prejudice, abuse, eating disorders, and limiting belief systems. It delves into the mysteries of death and of angels, plus intuition, finding God in all, and true love. Full of spirit, this poignant story brims with inspiration, daring, and hope.

Reviews
5-Star Readers' Favorite

Sherry Maysonave is a very skilled author and her work explores one of the challenging issues that many people face in contemporary society: the loneliness of the gifted person.

The story is well written and there is a powerful psychological depth that will haunt many readers. But the story is highly inspirational, one of those tales that will encourage readers to have the courage to stand out, to accept their gifts, and to embrace who they really are. The author’s tone is gentle and compassionate, and her voice rings through with clarity and authority. The highly accessible writing is punctuated by vivid descriptions and colorful dialogue.

The author knows how to lead readers into the mind of her protagonist and allow them to connect intimately with her.

The Girl Who Could Read Hearts is a story of faith, a powerful defense for those who dare to follow the light they see within them. A highly recommended read!

—    Romuald Dzemo, 5-Stars, Readers’ Favorite Reviewer, August 17, 2016

Amazon

This book excels in creating a highly descriptive, and often visual picture of scenes, so that the reader feels right there amongst the characters. Another notable feature, is that Sherry very effectively varies the pace of the story - from the mystical ponderings of a young mind, to action-packed drama at a flick of a switch, keeping the reader highly engaged and immersed.

This book also covers some important issues of our time, with Vaynem seemingly acting as a metaphor for the hateful, "us and them" mentality being increasingly adopted in today's social climate.

Through The Girl Who Could Read Hearts, Sherry reminds us that even in times of personal turmoil, we must stay positive and maintain hope, for only then can blessings come our way.

—    Bowen Feng, Amazon Reviewer, 5-star recommendation, August 4, 2016

Amazon Reviewer

Love it!I’m in a book club with 8 other picky readers who range in age from 33 to 70. We like a good story; page turners are favorites. We also value substantive content so we have plenty to toss around while we enjoy dinner and a glass of wine. I’ve recently read Sherry Maysonave’s, The Girl Who Could Read Hearts, and it’s now the book we will read and discuss next month. I love the underlying message, the divine has our back if we listen to divine guidance, which at times can be subtly communicated. There’s more, a story line with twists and turns, a villain with character traits I recognize from a few of the villains in my own life, and an angel advising a six year old who has the gift to . . . read hearts.

— Colgin, May 18, 2016

Barnes & Noble - Readers' Favorites

The Girl Who Could Read Hearts is well written and, yes, the language casts a powerful spell from the very first word of the story. The prose is well-crafted with a strong and masterful use of descriptions to create an unsettling feeling in readers, and a setting that draws the reader irresistibly into the story. The multidimensional plot is very symbolic of the parallel universe inhabited by the psyche of the protagonist. The story starts with conflict and it is important to see how it climaxes. Readers will also enjoy the well-crafted characters and how the author explores their psychological health.

Sherry Maysonave makes readers care about her characters and invites them to embrace their weirdness, their God-given talents without shame.

This is a groundbreaking story with a theme that is rarely touched upon in this genre.

—    Arya Fomonyuy, 5-Stars, Readers’ Favorite Reviewer, 8-17-2016

Midwest Book Reviews

 A highly recommended, evocative read….

The Girl Who Could Read Hearts opens with six-year-old Kate, who huddles in the safe embrace of a walnut tree in Berkeley, California. At this point, Kate is clueless about her hidden intuitive powers and the presence of an angel on her birthday cake, who is charged with overseeing the evolution of a soul eons old, belaying her latest six-year-old incarnation’s physical age.

While the story line focuses on the evolution of Kate’s powers and her growing relationship with this angel overseer, it’s also a story of parents and others who view her visions as a form of mental illness and who try to help her accordingly.

The Girl Who Could Read Hearts may be directed to young adult audiences, but the first thing to know about Kate and her world is that her ability to ‘read’ others and effect changes that might not be entirely desirable makes for a compelling tale that many an adult will also want to read.

As events unfold and Kate finds herself caught in a web of self-discovery and self-induced interventions, facing the consequences of her choices as her abilities grow, so readers are drawn into a plot that pairs a story of growing faith and evolving talents with a myriad of social, political and personal conflicts along the way.

Sherry Maysonave’s ability to juxtapose inner and outer worlds for a maximum sense of impact and her realistic portrayal of a youngster’s world make for satisfying blends of extraordinary and ordinary experiences: “See, you’re not such a smarty pants after all. Like you can’t even win a game for four-year-olds,” Marilla Marzy taunted.”

Medical procedures and murder, teen angst and police involvements, eating disorders and intrigue, and interactions with the afterlife push The Girl Who Could Read Hearts into unexpected directions. Readers won’t expect to find these themes wound into an overall saga of a girl’s awakening abilities; but they are an intrinsic piece of a plot that combines spiritual reflections with social issues, and they make for a complex web of events that succeed in creating a moving, memorable story.

The Girl Who Could Read Hearts is a highly recommended, evocative read for young adult to adult audiences who are interested in stories of evolution, spiritual guidance, and ultimately, hope.

— D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

NetGalley & Amazon

The Girl Who Could Read Hearts is a delightful, inspiring novel. In a world that seems to be getting darker, Maysonave creates a little child to help us focus on the beauty of our planet, and to help us let the light in.

—    J. Roselyn, NetGalley & Amazon Reviewer, 5-star recommendation, August 6, 2016

Readers' Favorite

Sherry Maysonave, the author of The Girl Who Could Read Hearts, has written an inspirational and thought-provoking novel.There is a delightful mixture of intriguing characters, realistic dialogue, spiritual concepts and mystical experiences, making the story appealing to a wide-ranging audience. Ms. Maysonave writes in a clear, easy-to-read style; the story flows effortlessly. While there are many characters and various connections between them, it is easy to keep track of each one, primarily due to her distinct descriptions of each person.

The author’s sharing of her own intuitive abilities at the end of the book is also enlightening. This book is truly a page-turner, engaging the reader from the first page until the last.

- Deborah Lloyd, Readers' Favorite 5-star review, August 18, 2016

News
06/02/2016
New Novel Explores Mysteries of Afterlife, Angels, Intuition

Award-winning author Sherry Maysonave announces release of ‘The Girl Who Could Read Hearts’

AUSTIN, TEXAS (PRWEB) JUNE 02, 2016

“Baby boomers have pushed the number of people in the US age 55 and older to over 80 million. This aging population and millennials have accelerated interest in the mysteries of death, afterlife, angels, and intuition,” says author Sherry Maysonave, who explores these and other issues prevalent in society in her new novel “The Girl Who Could Read Hearts” (published by Balboa Press).

“This story came to me in a dream where my deceased sister shouted to me from a mountain top,” Maysonave says. “One of her messages was clear: she was alive and well in the afterlife. Yet there was something else she was telling me, and that eluded me in the dream. But for the rest of the night, words tumbled endlessly through my head. The next morning, I went to my computer and the story of “The Girl Who Could Read Hearts” was born and began pouring out.”

Born gifted with a rare seventh sense – the ability to read human hearts coupled with keen intuition – Kate Kindrick struggles to understand her capabilities. She is often bewildered by her unique perceptions combined with seeing symbols and panoplies of color in people’s hearts. Yet it’s her naiveté of the intuitive signs that augur trouble. When she doesn’t heed an inner warning, her world spins into a dangerous spiral that spells hazard for her and those she loves.

Maysonave explores highly-charged issues such as abuse, eating disorders, prejudice and limiting belief systems, as well as the mysteries of afterlife, death, angels, intuition, true love and learning how to find God’s presence in all. Maysonave says she doesn’t just believe there is an afterlife, she knows there is.

“The Girl Who Could Read Hearts” 
By Sherry Maysonave 
Hardcover | 6 x 9 in | 334 pages | ISBN 9781504351133 
Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 334 pages | ISBN 9781504351119 
E-Book | 334 pages | ISBN 9781504351126 
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the Author 
An accomplished author and motivational speaker, Maysonave has made multiple appearances on NBC's Today, ABC, CBS, Fox and NPR, and has been featured in USA Today, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek. She is also the author of “Casual Power – How to Power Up Your Nonverbal Communication and Dress Down for Success” and the multi-award winning ebook “EggMania: Where’s the Egg in Exactly?” Maysonave and her husband, Stephen, reside in Austin.

More information is available at www.TheGirlWhoCouldReadHearts.com.

Formats
Ebook Details
  • 04/2016
  • B01EV8J8SQ
  • 309 pages
  • $9.99
Paperback Details
  • 04/2016
  • 978-1504351119
  • 334 pages
  • $20.99
Hardcover Details
  • 04/2016
  • 978-1504351133
  • 334 pages
  • $37.95
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