The Man in the Window
Written by Jon Cohen and Nancy Pearl
Narrated by Jeff Cummings
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About this audiobook
Since he was disfigured in a fire sixteen years ago, recluse Louis Malone has remained hidden from the prying eyes of his neighbors in the small town of Waverly.
Across town, Iris Shula, a lonely and unlovely nurse, knows at thirty-seven it is unlikely that her Prince Charming will ever appear. But Iris is about to learn how wrong she is.
When Louis accidentally falls out of his second-story window, these two kindred souls are brought together. What unfolds is a most unlikely love story. One that will make you laugh and that will break—and remake—your heart.
Jon Cohen
JON COHEN is the author of Max Lukeman and the Beautiful Stranger and The Man in the Window. A recipient of an NEA Fellowship for creative writing, he is also the cowriter of the film Minority Report, directed by Stephen Spielberg.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Having just read Harry's Trees and loved it, I'm on a quest for all things Jon Cohen. This is another of those books you want to reread because it's so well written and such a lovely story. Louis was burned badly in a fire when he was sixteen and for the last sixteen years, he sits in his family home watching the world out the window, covered in a purple scarf and hat. Iris is a nurse who lives with her father Arnie and is homely. She's good at her job but has never had a relationship with anyone except her parents. When these two meet, they spark something in each other.It's a road to get to their meeting, but one of those lovely meandering forest paths with flowers, birds singing, and blackberries to pick along the way so the reader doesn't mind at all. There's a bit of magic and wonderful characters, even the mean ones. It's another fabulous story by Mr. Cohen and well-worth reading.