Rachel Clarke The Story of a Heart : WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON FICTION

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NONFICTION 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION 2025BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SPECTATOR, NEW STATESMAN, NEW SCIENTIST, AND PROSPECTFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER DEAR LIFE AND BREATHTAKING, A MAJOR TV DRAMAWhat a book . . . The perfect book Chris Evans on Virgin RadioProfoundly moving and at the same time wildly inspiring Rob DelaneyRachel Clarkes finest book yet Financial TimesRemarkable CosmopolitanThe best narrative nonfiction Ive read in years. Rachel Clarke has written a profound piece of investigative journalism and wrapped it up in poetry Christie WatsonThis is THE MOST BEAUTIFUL and riveting book written with such humanity, empathy and knowledge, such tact and drama and eloquence. Vital reading, lifelong revelation Laura CummingThe first of our organs to form, the last to die, the heart is both a simple pump and the symbol of all that makes us human as long as it continues to beat, we hope. One summer day, nineyearold Keira suffered catastrophic injuries in a car accident. Though her brain and the rest of her body began to shut down, her heart continued to beat. In an act of extraordinary generosity, Keiras parents and siblings agreed that she would have wanted to be an organ donor. Meanwhile nineyearold Max had been hospitalised for nearly a year with a virus that was causing his young heart to fail. When Maxs parents received the call they had been hoping for, they knew it came at a... | Rachel Clarke The Story of a Heart : WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON FICTION