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FROM: Joan Luebering <[removed]@plch.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 3/11/02, 7:55 AM

I have a patron looking for a novel she read 20 years ago. She thought
it was by Lloyd C. Douglas, but says it may be by another popular,
American, male author, and her best guess for author/period of the book
is mid-century or earlier. The plot is, a rich man moves to a small
town (possibly in Pennsylvania or the Midwest) and builds a white marble

building in a park. He then puts a sign on the building inviting people

to come in, which they warily do. Inside is a chair and a curtain with
a light on it. Several episodes follow in which people sit in the
chair, think over problems they are facing in their lives, and leave
with a resolution of the problem and a sense of peace. The reader never

learns what is behind the curtain. She is pretty sure that it is a
novel, not an essay, short story, etc. Can anyone identify this?
Thanks very much.
Joan Luebering, [removed]@plch.lib.oh.us

FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 3/11/02, 8:36 AM

Taylor Caldwell's THE LISTENER.


Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
<[removed]@mpl.org>

>>> [removed]@plch.lib.oh.us 03/11/02 07:55AM >>>

I have a patron looking for a novel she read 20 years ago. She thought
it was by Lloyd C. Douglas, but says it may be by another popular,
American, male author, and her best guess for author/period of the book
is mid-century or earlier. The plot is, a rich man moves to a small
town (possibly in Pennsylvania or the Midwest) and builds a white marble

building in a park. He then puts a sign on the building inviting people

to come in, which they warily do. Inside is a chair and a curtain with
a light on it. Several episodes follow in which people sit in the
chair, think over problems they are facing in their lives, and leave
with a resolution of the problem and a sense of peace. The reader never

learns what is behind the curtain. She is pretty sure that it is a
novel, not an essay, short story, etc. Can anyone identify this?
Thanks very much.
Joan Luebering, [removed]@plch.lib.oh.us

FROM: [removed]@juno.com
REC'D: 3/11/02, 8:48 AM

I'm pretty certain this is Taylor Caldwell, but I'm not certain which
one. Sorry
Joyce Saricks

"Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and
entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either."
Marshall McLuhan

FROM: Joan Luebering <[removed]@plch.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 3/11/02, 2:31 PM

I knew someone would know this one! Taylor Caldwell's The Listener is
the book my patron was looking for. She's very grateful. Thanks Marsha
Valance and anyone else who chimes in with the answer. Joan Luebering
[removed]@plch.lib.oh.us

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