The Open Heart Club: A Story about Birth and Death and Cardiac Surgery by Gabriel Brownstein

The Open Heart Club: A Story about Birth and Death and Cardiac Surgery

Gabriel Brownstein

368 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science emotional informative slow-paced

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This absorbing and poignant book is not merely the story of one writer's flawed heart. It is a history of cardiac medicine, a candid personal journey, and a profound reflection on mortality. Born in 1966 with a congenital heart defect known as th...

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