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Drs. Bruce and Molly Recommend - Change of Heart: A Novel
Posted by Dr. Molly Roberts on December 22nd, 2008
I was looking for a heartwarming story to recommend at Christmastime, but this is the one that popped out at me. Heartwarming in another context maybe! In Change of Heart: A Novel, the author weaves this story from the viewpoints of the major protagonists, including a mother, a priest and a lawyer. Each one offers a piece of the whole picture, centered around a woman who has lost her husband and child in a violent crime. It is now several years later and she is dealing with the life-threatening illness of her daughter, the one she was pregnant with at the time of the murders. Her daughter needs a heart transplant, and there is only one option for saving her life. The man who was convicted of the murders now wants to donate his heart to her after he is executed. Miracles start happening around him, and people wonder if he is the next coming of the Messiah. This book is a commentary on religion, on capital punishment, on guilt and innocence, and on forgiveness. It will most certainly have you thinking about it long after you finish the last page.
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