While hiking on the Continental Divide of Costa Rica, a young boy with a heart condition falls into a magical otherworld full of fantastical creatures.
After suffering a heart attack, an African-American theater actor named Leo Proudhammer recounts his passionate and conflicted life, shaped by childhood loss, love affairs with a white woman and a younger black man, and constant racial tension in the society through which he moves.
Describes the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and conventional and alternative treatments of heart disease, discusses medical research, and includes a glossary, an annotated further reading list, and a list of organizations.
Examines the history of heart disease and describes what it is as well as discusses congenital heart defects, hypertension and stroke, and prevention of heart attacks.
