The Secret of Clouds

By: Alyson Richman

Narrated by: Jennifer Lim, Alyson Richman

Named One of the Best 2019 Winter Books by PopSugar and Chosen as One of 9 Books to Read (or Gift!) This February by Instyle!

From the #1 international bestselling author of The Lost Wife and The Velvet Hours comes an emotionally charged story about a mother’s love, a teacher’s promise, and a child’s heart....

Katya, a rising ballerina, and Sasha, a graduate student, are young and in love when an unexpected tragedy befalls their native Kiev. Years later, after the couple has safely emigrated to America the consequences of this incident cause their son, Yuri, to be born with a rare health condition that isolates him from other children. Maggie, a passionate and dedicated teacher agrees to tutor Yuri at his home, even though she is haunted by her own painful childhood memories. As the two forge a deep and soulful connection, Yuri's boundless curiosity and unique wisdom inspires Maggie to make difficult changes in her own life. And she'll never realize just how strong Yuri has made her—until she needs that strength the most....

A novel that will make readers examine what it means to live life with a full heart.

The incredible work of teacher Maggie

I liked the entire book and the way it was written. It was a beautiful story

Such a marvelous story!

This author researches her material carefully and writes with exuberance and love for her characters and material. It is emotionally and spiritually rich. I immediately downloaded another of her books and hope to read them all!

Predictable; aan ok read

Interesting story of family originally from Kiev, living on Long Island with their son who has heart defect and the young teacher who tutors and befriends him and his family. Somewhat predictable and not deeply explored issues, but a good read.

A beautiful story

A beautiful story with wonderfully described characters. Some of the story is a bit predictable, but overall a good book I have no problem recommending.

poignant

this book was palpable, I felt the love of Yuri's parents and his home teacher Ms.Topper. there was so much detail about Chernobyl. I remember when it happened, I had to be in maybe the 3rd grade. I finished this book while on our family vacation and my family couldn't understand why I was crying. the book literally brought me to tears