The Singing Cure

by Amanda Lohrey

The Singing Cure takes the reader on a thought provoking and inspiring journey to unlock the secret of the human voice. Amanda Lohrey succeeds in drawing together so many threads in this seamless and compelling narrative, which shows her to be a master prose writer at the height of her powers.

116 pages, Paperback

First published July 12, 2013

About the author

Amanda Lohrey is a novelist and essayist. She was educated at the University of Tasmania and Cambridge. She lectured in Writing and Textual Studies at the Sydney University of Technology (1988-1994), and since 2002 at the School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.

Reviews

[Simon Kearney · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the idea of music and especially singing being food for the soul. As a cure for malaise singing is probably as good as any. Smiling, sleep, reading a book, meditation seem to work for me. So does whistling, because I’m not particularly good at singing. This is an interesting look at the restorative powers of giving the vocal chords a work out.