<B>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.</B><B><br></B>Born in 1966 with a congenital heart defect known as the tetralogy of Fallot, Gabriel Browns
The Open Heart Club: A Story about Birth and Death and Cardiac Surgery
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Year
- 2019
- Category
- Fiction
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