Hark [electronic resource] : Discover the enchanting new book from the bestselling author of Why Women Grow

Alice Vincent2025

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AN INDEPENDENT 'BEST BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2025' 'Alice Vincent is on song' -KATHERINE MAY 'Stimulating and humane' -AMY LIPTROT 'This book is a quiet and profound kind of miracle' -CLOVER STROUD We’re told women are good at listening, but we rarely examine what they’re listening to, what their worlds sound like, or how it feels to be expected to listen in a world of noise made by men. Like so many of us, Alice Vincent had become overwhelmed by the sensory overload punctuating our every moment. And then, a baby’s heartbeat arrived. A rapid, pulsing whoosh of white noise. An undeniable rhythm. Once again, Alice’s life became cacophonous – both with a new child, but also with the societal pressures that motherhood holds. What followed was a personal quest to rediscover sound as something alive and vital and restorative. Beyond music, Alice’s journey takes her into new corners of listening: from the phantom crying heard by mothers across the world to the nightinga...