When nine-year-old Keira becomes brain-dead after a car accident, her heart is transplanted into Max, whose own heart has been crippled by a virus. The Story of a Heart (Abacus, £22; Tablet price £19.80) is Rachel Clarke’s account of that journey, which she weaves into a wider narrative about the history and science of transplant surgery. Meticulously researched, well written and often extremely emotional, this is a gripping tale of a modern medical miracle.
17 October 2024, The Tablet
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