Where My Heart Used to Beat (Hardcover)

from mpmills

I loved Birdsong and wanted to like this novel, but found it very slow to keep reading. The story centers around Robert Hendricks, a psychiatrist in his 60s, who is invited by another psychiatrist who knew his father to come for a visit. There, he starts reflecting on his life, especially about h...

from wagner.sarah35

*I received this book through LibraryThing Early Reviewers.* A very psychological novel, which is very fitting as the two central characters are psychologists. Opening in 1980, much of the book consists of flash packs to the narrator's experiences in the Second World War, where he served in North...

from reb922

Dr Robert Hendricks never knew his father as he died in WWI. Hendricks himself has his own demons from WWII. When he gets letter from someone who is a fan of his professionally and served with his father Hendricks finds himself looking back at his life. This book was slow at times and interesting...

from Stroudley

I've read most of Faulks' other books, but I found this one more difficult to get into. It has a lot to say about the disillusionment of those who started the 20th century with optimism, and then saw their high hopes gradually eroded by the worst men could do to each other in war. That sense of m...

from strongstuff

Robert Hendricks is a sad man, rattled by his memories of war and lost love. Through his connection with an elderly neurologist, Robert revisits the ghosts of his past and his relationships with war buddies, a beautiful Italian woman, and the father that he never knew. There are some thoughtful s...