Your hearts, your scars

"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 forge...

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Main Author: Talve-Goodman, Adina (Author)
Other Authors: Talve-Goodman, Sarika (Editor, author of introduction.), Tinti, Hannah (Editor, author of afterword.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
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520 |a "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"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
505 0 |a Foreword: About Adina / by Jo Firestone -- Introduction / by Sarika Talve-Goodman -- I must have been that man -- San Diego, 2001 -- The condition of my transplanted heart is one of remembering -- Men who love dying women and fishing -- Your heart, your scars, zombies -- Should you hold me down (go on, take it) -- Thank God for the nights that go right -- Afterword: the Adina Talve-Goodman fellowship / by Hannah Tinti. 
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