Silverstein, Amy

Author Amy Silverstein recounts her life with nine remarkable women, all of whom flew across the country to be with her in search of a new heart, and the memories of their girlhead that came flooding back upon their arrival.

A memoir in which Amy Silverstein details her experiences as a heart transplant patient, from her first misdiagnosis to her post-surgical life, a period that included a bedside courtship with her boyfriend, Scott, and a determined quest to have a child.