{"product_id":"echoes-of-heartsounds-a-memoir-of-healing-paperback","title":"Echoes of Heartsounds: A Memoir of Healing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartha Weinman Lear\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author's memoir of her own heart attack is \"a refresher course in handling life's meanest challenges with grace\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It begins late one afternoon in her kitchen. There is no collapse, no massive pain. Just a slight fluttering sensation in her chest, then chills, and finally, nausea. Probably nothing to worry about, the doctor assures her on the phone. It doesn't sound like a heart attack. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But it is. Heart attacks in women can look and feel dramatically different than they do in men, which is why they often go undiagnosed. But heart disease is the number-one killer of American women--greater than all forms of cancer combined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the doctor examines Lear the day after her episode, the verdict is shocking. So begins an account, filled with grace, humor, and ferocity, of her hard-won return to good health, beset by mysterious postsurgical complications and haunted by memories of her late husband when she finds herself in the same coronary unit in which she lost him all those years ago.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartha Weinman Lear is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhere Did I Leave My Glasses?\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the bestsellers\u003ci\u003e The Child Worshipers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeartsounds\u003c\/i\u003e, which became a Peabody Award­-winning film. She is a former articles editor and staff writer for the\u003ci\u003e New York Times Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eand has written extensively for that and many other national publications, including \u003ci\u003eAARP The Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHouse Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLadies' Home Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWoman's Day\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcCall's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFamily Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, often on medical, cultural, and sociological subjects. She lives in New York City with her husband, screenwriter Albert Ruben. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52909392298208,"sku":"9781497646155","price":19.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/Q7DI474PFh9781497646155.webp?v=1781584804","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/echoes-of-heartsounds-a-memoir-of-healing-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}