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Jacob's Hands

A Fable

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Jacob's Hands

By: Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood
Narrated by: William Windom, Burt Reynolds
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Jacob Ericson, a shy, enigmatic, and somewhat inept ranch hand learns that his hands possess the mysterious gift of healing: a gift he uses to cure animals and Sharon, the woman he adores. His gift is quickly exploited and the boundaries of his charm and naïveté begin to stretch. Following Sharon to Los Angeles, Jacob offers his healing powers for free at a church in Los Angeles, and then at a seedy stage show where his beloved Sharon also works. It is when Jacob's gift is recruited to heal Earl Medwin, an eccentric, ailing young millionaire, that the love and security for which he has worked so hard begin to collapse. Jacob's Hands is a seamlessly crafted tale showing the dangers that a magical gift will undoubtedly bring to even the sincerest of characters.

©1998 by Laura and Matthew Huxley, Executors of the Estate of Aldous Huxley, and by Dan Bachardy, Executor of the Estate of Christopher Isherwood (P)1999 NewStar Media Inc.
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