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A Change of Heart: A Memoir (2 Cassettes (3 Hrs).) | 
 enlarge | Author: William Novak
Creator: Claire Sylvia
Publisher: Warner Adult
Category: Book
List Price: $12.98
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 1622295
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 1570424861
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.1974120592092
UPC: 070993248642
EAN: 9781570424861
ASIN: 1570424861
Publication Date: June 1, 1997
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Product Description
The recipient of a successful heart and lung transplant offers a remarkable personal account of the search for her donor, her surgery, and her gradual acceptance of the unexplained presence--including memories, dreams, cravings, and feelings--of her young donor within herself. Simultaneous."
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 Close to Home April 19, 2005
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book was given to me by my fiance who had received this book while in the hospital after receiving his heart transplant. Being 18 years old and having a heart transplant is hard enough, and he was able to find some inner peace from this book. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in organ transplantation or anyone who wants to read an uplifting story. Claire and my fiance are definitely inspirations to me, and this book also helped me understand some of the feelings and emotions that these two wonderful people have expierienced throughout their journey. I urge many others to take the time to read this wonderful story.
Extremely Moving! March 29, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I just finished reading "A Change of Heart" - Claire Sylvia & William Novak's original book. It's currently no longer in print, so I wound up ordering it from a used bookstore. It appears that the reprint is now available - with a slight title change (it now incl. "A Memoir").
At any rate, I found this book to be truely amazing! The basic premise is that Claire went through a heart & lung transplant, and afterward, she noticed some major changes in her personality (i.e. likes and dislikes) - was it due to the fact that she now had another person's heart and lungs within her? That is a question that you are left to answer for yourself.
I like the fact that this book explains what was occuring through Claire's point of view, and then goes on to discuss many other "experts" ideas as to why these things were happening. No one idea is pushed on the reader - the information is layed out for you to make your own decision.
I believe that this book is a "must read" for anyone who has gone through a transplant, knows someone who has, or is just plain interested in happenings that cannot currently be explained by western science. An open mind is a must!
P.S. This book also reminds us of just how important it is to check that little box on your license & become an organ donor. It may give someone the gift of life one day!
Makes Your Heart Sing January 18, 2005
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Claire Sylvia's book will cause you to reevaluate everything you know about your body, your personality, and life overall. Before reading her account I never would have believed that individual organs within the human body have their own awareness, intelligence, and memory. Slyvia's story is a testament to enduring and magical properties of living things and shows that modern science has yet to fully grasp the amazing nature of biological life. Highly recommended. (Dr. Simeon Hein is the author of Opening Minds: A Journey of Extraordinary Encounters, Crop Circles, and Resonance and the forthcoming Planetary Intelligence.)
EXCELLENT May 13, 2004
This book was amazing, it changed how I looked at transplants. What the patients go thru, and there are times that the Doctors want to only think CLINICALLY, but there are times and instances that you have to look beyond, and believe what you don't see and trust in that.
Food for thought October 9, 2003
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
After reading "The Heart's Code" by Paul Pearsall and now this book I am convinced we are just beginning to scratch the surface of the science of transplant information and details about the heart and how it controls personality.It is a proven fact that heart patients who are ill have a sudden change in temperment and also proven that transplant patients take on some characteristics of the donor. There was a case of a nun who received the heart of a prostitute (absolutely true story) and many more in Paul's book and this book seems to focus on one true story of one woman. You have to be careful though, if you've had open heart surgery or are waiting on a transplant it can get a bit emotionally heavy as you related to her having to face death. Watch the dark tones and you'll be fine as you read the info. The object is to come away having learned some secrets of what to expect and those are very very interesting. There was also a case of a transplant recipient who began using vocabulary words from the donor and then later when the patient met the donor's family and used those rare words randomly they were floored. Good read.
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