The Heart
Just before dawn on a Sunday morning, three teenage boys go surfing. Returning home, exhausted, the driver lets the car drift off the road into a tree. Two of the boys are wearing seat belts; one is sent through the windshield. He is declared brain-dead shortly after arriving at the hospital. His...
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Just before dawn on a Sunday morning, three teenage boys go surfing. Returning home, exhausted, the driver lets the car drift off the road into a tree. Two of the boys are wearing seat belts; one is sent through the windshield. He is declared brain-dead shortly after arriving at the hospital. His heart is still beating.The Heart takes place over the twenty-four hours surro
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780374240905 (0374240906)
ASIN: 374240906
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
A captivating prose poem. It weaves in and out of the heads of the various characters. Some are in anguish on a day that will change their lives, some in a snapshot of an intense day at work. The plot can be summarized in a single sentence, so it is more a book of emotion than of action. Incredi...