――Let's talk about finding a key. In a sense, everyone is blind.
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《5th Everyone's Tweet Literature Award Domestic Edition 2nd Place》
In August 1992, a nine-year-old boy named Toby lost his sight in a hurricane in Florida. His parents continued to treat him with unchanging love, but Toby's heart was dominated by dissatisfaction, a sense of unfairness, and frustration, unable to escape. Four years later, the family moved to the rural town of Nineveh, Maine. During a walk with his pet dog Humming given by his father, Toby finds an old key in the woods. Its owner is Jean Goodspeed. While feeling distrust and irritation towards this man who smokes, drinks, plays the guitar, engages in penetrating conversations, and gave him bad chocolate bars, he simultaneously feels solace and a strange trust.
At the diner Ectabana he visited with Jean, Toby meets Sarah. Captivated by the charm of her "recited" words, Toby finds flavor in the menu. Attracted to her, he also notices the 'fear' hidden within her words, and wanting to help her, he attempts to uncover the truth.
A long novel depicting the facts and truths as reflected in each of their hearts.
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'Its Humming Is Seven'
Table of Contents
1. August 1992, Florida
2. Lumps of Scent
3. Privileges Given by God
4. Janna Goodspeed
5. Melody Without Lyrics
6. The Waitress of Ecbatana
7. Get Well Soon, Partner. She's Waiting Too
8. Big Ben Seven Steps Ahead
9. As Many Truths as People
10. Sutton Rocks Street 187
11. Wrapped Cane
12. Shaman in the Trees
13. Songbird
14. Jean's Truth
15. The Old Key
