Incredibly emotional and poignant, this story deals with organ donation, and incredible heartbreaking circumstances.
In Washington, DC, Greyson has always had congenital heart disease, and even though he loved Reid with all his heart, he kept her in the friend zone because he felt he didn’t have much to offer. Meanwhile, in Boston, Rafe Karlsson plans to run a 10-mile run, determined to win the cup; instead, he died in a tragic accident, saving a woman from an out of control car, leaving behind a brokenhearted wife and two daughters.
Greyson collapsed after a basketball game with his friends, taken to the hospital, where he was kept in deep coma waiting for a new heart because his own had given out. And in Boston, Nadia was taking the difficult decision to donate her husband’s organs.
To say this book was emotional would be an understatement. I lived Nadia’s heartbreak over losing her husband, how the days went by and she had a hard time grasping the fact that he wasn’t here anymore. Her family was very supportive, but this is a road that you travel alone, the heartbreak is yours alone. And still, she had to somewhat function for her little girls, who were as heartbroken as she was.
We deal with Greyson’s feelings too, as he has a second chance at life, at how his future opened up and he could take up all his goals. It’s a tragic story on one side, and a love story on this side, but there’s survivor’s guilt, sadness that someone died in order for him to get a new heart and a new lease of life, a gratitude that had nowhere to go, until Greyson had strange feelings that had no reason to exist.
The book takes some very interesting and heartfelt turns as a father’s heart, beating on a stranger’s body, takes Greyson on a journey to reunite with his little girls. I can truly say that I cried a river reading this book, and I feel fortunate to have travelled this journey with Nadia, Reid and Greyson.
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About the author
In 2012, Heidi turned her passion for reading into a full-fledged literary career, writing over twenty novels, including the acclaimed Forever My Girl.
Heidi’s first novel, Forever My Girl, has been adapted into a motion picture with LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions, starring Alex Roe and Jessica Rothe, and opened in theaters on January 19, 2018, and is now available on DVD & Digital.
To stay connected with Heidi visit www.facebook.com/authorheidimclaughlin or heidimclaughlin.com
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