AW Book News: Second Hand Heart by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Posted By Danielle on June 24th, 2011

Not too long ago I had the wonderful opportunity of reviewing Catherine Ryan Hyde’s recent UK release of Second Hand Heart. Unfortunately for all of our US readers it wasn’t yet available except perhaps on sites like Book Depository. Well, the day has come and Second Hand Heart has received a brand new US cover and is now available as an eBook for US readers with a print version to follow shortly! What’s also wonderful is that the price is currently fantastic at just $2.99 USD and it’s available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords! You absolutely don’t want to miss this book that both Leah and myself loved! Take a look at our reviews, the synopsis below and then go pick up your copy!

Vida is 19 and has never had much of a life. Struggling along with a life-threatening heart condition, her whole life has been one long preparation for death. But suddenly she is presented with a donor heart, and just in time. Now she gets to do something she never imagined she’d have to do: live.

Richard is a 36-year-old man who’s just lost his beloved wife, Lorrie, in a car accident. Still in shock and not even having begun the process of grieving, he is invited to the hospital to meet the young woman who received his wife’s donor heart.

Vida takes one look at Richard and feels she’s loved him all her life. And tells him so. Richard assumes she’s just a foolish young girl. And maybe she is. Or maybe there’s truth behind the theory of cellular memory, and maybe it really is possible for a heart to remember, at least for a time, on its own.

By bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde, SECOND HAND HEART is a story of love, of unexpected chances, and of inconceivable loss—of having to learn to live for the first time, and having to learn to live all over again.

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3 Responses to “AW Book News: Second Hand Heart by Catherine Ryan Hyde”

Kat

I love this cover! much better than the UK one, why do the american books get better covers than us uk people? I have this book to read!

Anne R. Allen

I like this new cover better, too! It’s a great book, and I’m so glad it’s now available to US readers.

Juju at Tales of Whimsy...

Ooooooooooooooo I’m fascinated with the idea of cells having memories. This sounds fantastic. I got the goose bumps just reading the premise.

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