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Discover 'Your Hearts, Your Scars', a powerful collection of essays that combine humor and depth to explore the journey of a heart transplant patient. Adina Talve-Goodman shares her poignant experience with congenital heart disease, providing readers with engaging, funny, and unflinching insights about living each day as a gift. This trade paperback edition, published in 2023 by Bellevue Literary Press, is not just a memoir; it’s an exploration of love, loss, and resilience. Through seven thought-provoking essays, Talve-Goodman delves into her struggles and triumphs, reflecting on her youthful search for meaning and connection while grappling with the realities of her chronic illness. Her narratives touch on unique experiences such as taking her original heart home from the hospital, attending camps for young transplant patients, and moments that spark reflection on life’s unexpected turns. Each essay radiates curiosity, humor, and compassion, making 'Your Hearts, Your Scars' a must-read for anyone interested in stories of hope and the human spirit. This book serves as a testament to the extraordinary life of a writer whose voice resonates with wisdom beyond her years, encouraging us to appreciate the beauty in everyone, regardless of their circumstances. Experience this moving work, and allow Adina's words to inspire gratitude in your own life. Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781954276055. Format: Trade paperback (US). Year: 2023. Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781954276055
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2023
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Description:
Engaging, funny, and unflinching essays about coming of age as a transplant patient and living each day as a gift
Adina Talve-Goodman was born with a congenital heart condition and survived multiple operations over the course of her childhood, including a heart transplant at age nineteen. In these seven essays, she tells the story of her chronic illness and her youthful search for love and meaning, never forgetting that her adult life is tied to the loss of another person—the donor of her transplanted heart.
Whether writing about the experience of taking her old heart home from the hospital (and passing it around the Thanksgiving table), a summer camp for young transplant patients, or a memorable night on the town that turns into a moving reflection on chance and gratitude, Talve-Goodman’s writing is filled with curiosity, humor, and compassion.
Published posthumously, Your Hearts, Your Scars is the work of a writer wise beyond her years and a testament to hope, kindness, and the ability to recognize the beauty in everyone, whether ill or abled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781954276055
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2023
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Description:
Engaging, funny, and unflinching essays about coming of age as a transplant patient and living each day as a gift
Adina Talve-Goodman was born with a congenital heart condition and survived multiple operations over the course of her childhood, including a heart transplant at age nineteen. In these seven essays, she tells the story of her chronic illness and her youthful search for love and meaning, never forgetting that her adult life is tied to the loss of another person—the donor of her transplanted heart.
Whether writing about the experience of taking her old heart home from the hospital (and passing it around the Thanksgiving table), a summer camp for young transplant patients, or a memorable night on the town that turns into a moving reflection on chance and gratitude, Talve-Goodman’s writing is filled with curiosity, humor, and compassion.
Published posthumously, Your Hearts, Your Scars is the work of a writer wise beyond her years and a testament to hope, kindness, and the ability to recognize the beauty in everyone, whether ill or abled.