A young man named Eric Marshall goes to Prince Edward Island to teach, and meets a mute girl that has perfect hearing named Kilmeny. He visits her for a long time until he falls in love with her. When he proposes she rejects him, even though she loves him in return. Meanwhile, Eric's good friend David who is a renowned throat doctor, comes to the island and visits Eric. He examines Kilmeny, and says that nothing will cure her but an extreme psychological need to speak...
- ISBN10 1419228617
- ISBN13 9781419228612
- Publish Date 17 June 2004 (first published 1 October 1989)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Kessinger Publishing
- Language English