The Story of a Heart

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025

This is the unforgettable story of how one family's grief transformed into a lifesaving gift.
With tremendous compassion and clarity, Dr Rachel Clarke relates the urgent journey of a young girl's heart and explores a history of remarkable medical innovations , stretching back over a century and involving the knowledge and dedication not just of surgeons but of countless physicians, immunologists, nurses and scientists