STRICT REVIEW EMBARGO UNTIL 5TH FEB
Enter for your chance to win a set of early review copies of Fragile Lives for your reading group, a fascinating and at times haunting insight into the fast-paced world of heart surgery.
We have 7 reading group sets to give away, however this title is under strict embargo until 5th February, so please refrain from posting any reviews online until this date.
The day his grandfather died, Steve Westaby vowed to become a heart surgeon. Today, as one of the world’s most eminent heart surgeons, Professor Steve Westaby shares the stories of the lives he has fought to save.
In his astounding memoir Steve details some of his most remarkable cases, such as ‘the pulseless man’, a tiny baby who silently suffered multiple heart attacks, a woman who lived the nightmare of locked-in syndrome after surgery, and a man whose life was powered by a battery for eight years.
For those of you who have read and been moved by Do No Harm and When Breath Becomes Air, Fragile Lives will astound you, as Professor Steve Westaby shines a light into the cardiac operating theatre, and reveals the heart-stopping decisions and treatment which go on behind the scenes of trauma.
The balance between life and death is so delicate, and with just a slip of the hand, life ebbs away. There is no time for doubt – and the cost is measured in human life….
This book would be a fantastic reading group choice, and provokes questions and conversation surrounding medical issues, family illness and the NHS.
After 5th Feb, once your reading group has read it, we’d love you to tweet us at @HarperNonFic with #FragileLives to let us know what you thought!
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