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 1406821756
- ISBN13 9781406821758
- Publish Date 27 September 2006 (first published 1 October 1989)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Imprint Echo Library
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 88
- Language English