This debut novel is an exhilarating intellectual journey that calls to mind favorite classics, as a story unfolds within a story within a story. The protagonist Penelope is a writer struggling to tell a story, searching for the right narrator, as she tries to understand a real loss in her life. We are led through many narrators to the story of Henry, the hero of her story, who himself is on a journey of self-discovery and meaning through many archetypal figures-among them Zeus, Artemis, and Hermes- that lead the reader to make more literary associations with myth and classic texts. I found myself caught again and again in delicious conundrums. If we are presented with a male protagonist through a woman writer, then whose perspective are we really reading? I was blown away by the language, the confidence, and the prose of this extraordinary, unique novel. Echo of the Silence is enjoyable on many levels and many reads, a great book club pick. -- Gemini Wahhaj, Author of The Children of This Madness.