Irreplaceable

Recently Parent Reviewers sent me the book Irreplaceable by Stephen Lovely. His debut story is about the lives of 2 families after a heart transplant: the husband and mother of the woman who died and the mother who receives her heart. The husband struggles with the thought that his wife is dead and another is living with her heart inside her body. The mother with the heart suffers from the guilt of knowing another died to save her and yet is extremely grateful. So grateful that she makes contact with the woman's mother who seems to be accepting and happy that her daughter saved a life. The husband on the other hand wants nothing to do with her. He struggles daily without his wife and has trouble with the thought that her heart is beating in someone else while she is dead. The man who hit and killed the wife also makes contact with the husband seeking forgiveness. He is sorry about the accident but is also grateful that a life was also saved.

At first I thought that this book would be hard to read with the emotional content. It really isn't. It wasn't overly emotional although you can't help but feel sympathy for the characters. The writer makes it very easy to understand all sides of the situation and all the feelings associated with it. It was easy to read and you can tell the author did his research. I came away with a greater respect for the families who donate a loved ones organs and also bigger happiness for the one on the receiving end.

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