A Heart for Christmas (2025)

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My name is April, I'm 18 years old, and I was born with what could have been a fatal heart defect. I received a heart transplant not quite two years ago, and since then my life has changed irrevocably. This year I'm spending Christmas with my father in the Alps, with a body I need to reawaken...but that I'm so scared of damaging. It's terrifying, but I want to believe in miracles. And maybe I should, because not long after arriving, I see Augustin for the first time in years, and everything gets turned upside down. My life us only just beginning, I'm sure of it.

ISBN:: 9781398550247
Length:: 388 pages

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