The Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and the Medical Miracle That Saved a Child’s LifeNew · Nonfiction, Science, Medicine
The Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and the Medical Miracle That Saved a Child’s Life
2024 · 256 pages · Nonfiction
67
New
★ 4.61 on Goodreads · 5K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Baillie Gifford Prize winner (2024). 4.61★ from 5K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
67Must-Read Score
- Critics44 out of 100 · counts 35%+18
- Readers71 out of 100 · counts 50%+40
- Buzz51 out of 100 · counts 15%+9
Where it ranks
- #9 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #38 of the 730 new books we rank
- #116 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Baillie Gifford Prize winner (2024)
Reads as
Practical, Thought-provoking
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