The Song is You
Arthur Phillips 
Random House
Julian Donahue is in love with his iPod.<br><br>Each song that<br>
shuffles through 'that greatest of all human inventions' triggers a memory.<br>
There are songs for the girls from when he was single; there's the one for the<br>
day he met his wife-to-be, and another for the day his son was born. But when<br>
his family falls apart, even music loses its hold on him, and he has<br>
nothing.<br><br>Until one snowy night in Brooklyn, when his life's<br>
soundtrack-and life itself-starts to play again. He stumbles into a bar and sees<br>
Cait O'Dwyer, a flame-haired Irish rock singer, performing with her band, and a<br>
strange and unlikely love affair is ignited.<br><br>Over the next few months,<br>
Julian and Cait's passion for music and each other is played out, though they<br>
never meet. In cryptic emails, text messages, cell-phone videos, and lyrics<br>
posted on Cait's website, they find something in their bizarre friendship that<br>
they cannot find anywhere else. Cait's star is on the rise, and Julian gently<br>
guides her along her path to fame-but always from a distance-and she responds to<br>
the one voice who understands her, more than a fan but still less than a<br>
lover.<br><br>As their feelings grow more feverish, keeping a safe distance<br>
becomes impossible. What follows is a love story and a uniquely heartbreaking<br>
dark comedy about obsession and loss.<br><br><br>