{"product_id":"echoes-of-heartsounds-a-memoir-of-healing-paperback","title":"Echoes of Heartsounds: A Memoir of Healing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartha Weinman Lear\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart love story, part medical mystery, here is Martha Weinman Lear's wrenching follow-up to her bestselling memoir, \u003ci\u003eHeartsounds\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt begins late one afternoon in her kitchen. There is no collapse, no massive pain. Just a slight fluttering sensation in her chest, then chills, and finally, nausea. Probably nothing to worry about, the doctor assures her on the phone. It doesn't sound like a heart attack. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut it is. Heart attacks in women can look and feel dramatically different than they do in men, which is why they often go undiagnosed. But heart disease is the number-one killer of American women--greater than all forms of cancer combined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the doctor examines Lear the day after her episode, the verdict is shocking. So begins an account, filled with grace, humor, and ferocity, of her harrowing journey to recovery, beset by mysterious \"complications.\" She finds herself in the same hospital--in the same coronary unit, being treated by the same cardiologist--where her late husband, Hal, was a staff doctor and then a patient before he died there. The past is inescapably present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEchoes of Heartsounds\u003c\/i\u003e, Lear interweaves this medical drama with the story of her two loves, from meeting and marrying Hal to the anguish of losing him to the astonishment of finding herself in love again--\"by now almost two decades widowed, recently ordained as a senior citizen, Medicare card in my pocket and heart on my sleeve, utterly besotted\"--and on the threshold of a rich new life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartha Weinman Lear is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhere Did I Leave My Glasses?\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the bestsellers\u003ci\u003e The Child Worshipers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeartsounds\u003c\/i\u003e, which became a Peabody Award­-winning film. She is a former articles editor and staff writer for the\u003ci\u003e New York Times Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eand has written extensively for that and many other national publications, including \u003ci\u003eAARP The Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHouse Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLadies' Home Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWoman's Day\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcCall's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFamily Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, often on medical, cultural, and sociological subjects. She lives in New York City with her husband, screenwriter Albert Ruben. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760641212704,"sku":"9781497646155","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6d94e2bc09496bd09f4dcc2188b6df2b.webp?v=1780185580","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/echoes-of-heartsounds-a-memoir-of-healing-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}