What the Heart Remembers
Published by New American Library (September 4, 2012)
A Division of the Penguin Group
Psychological Fiction
Trade Paperback: 384 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0451237002
Eden Harrison has been waiting for heart transplant so that she can get on with her life and marry Derek. When a donor is found and the transplant is completed something strange starts to happen. Eden starts having nightmares about people, places and events that were never part of her life. She likes different food and pink is no longer her favorite color. She is convinced her new heart carries the memories of the original owner. She feels drawn away from Portland and to San Diego. She leaves everything behind including Derek to pursue the life her heart wants to lead.
Dollycas’s Thoughts
I have kept my synopsis brief on purpose. Sometimes the best books are found just from the title. Most of the time I don’t read the back of the book before starting the story. This way I am not looking forward or waiting for something to happen, the story just evolves before my eyes. I can take it in and enjoy it at my own pace.
This is my first Debra Ginsberg novel and Wow! It is fantastic!! She had me engaged from page one.
These characters touched my own heart many times over. My father-in-law was a heart transplant recipient and I wish he was still alive because after reading this book I have dozens of questions. The whole concept of cellular memory is extraordinary and immediately after finishing the book I was searching the internet for more information.
In addition to the medical and psychological aspects to the story there is a wonderful mystery interwoven within the pages. Who was Eden’s donor? How did they die? Accident, natural causes or murder? As Eden tries to figure it out and put everything together she may be putting her own life at risk.
The is a gripping novel that you will want to read all in one sitting. It has the twists and turns you expect from thriller that will make your own heart rate quicken, but it also has moments of heartbreak that will make you shed a tear.
If I tell you more it will ruin your reading experience. Let me just say this is a story I will never forget and I know you will enjoy it just as much as I did. Thank you Debra Ginsberg for an awesome story!!
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Thank you. I just put this one on my t-b-r list at the library! Dee
I have added it to my TBR list too! Thanks for sharing and I’m glad you enjoyed it so much.
The cover caught my attention but your review has me wanting to read it. Onto my wishlist it goes 🙂