Billed as Christian fiction, I found this novel to be a 'heart-warming' story of talent, love and redemption. There were a couple sections which were a little preachy, but otherwise it was just descriptive writing, quotes about the heart from Shakespeare, among others, and a great plot. Highly recommended!

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This is an excellant book. It truley is a book of the heart. Not only is it a great story but very imformative. Characters are wonderful, story line is great. One that will definatly pull on your heart strings!!! A must read.

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Absolutely haunting. This is such a beautiful story. It's about a man who is a heart transplant surgeon and his wife dies, he goes into hiding. He meets a little girl selling lemonade and crickets because she has a heart problem and needs money for the transplant. The story is moving, heart jerking, and wonderful. It is written so beautifully, the words just flow, the visual pictures are with every page. Out of all the books i have read, this is in the top 10 of my most favorites. I loved the author and the story. It is very very haunting when you finish. I am looking for more by Mr Martin now.

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This was such an awesome book. It was kind of hard to get into at the beginning but once it grabs you, it really grabs you all the way! Annie is the sweetest little girl who needs a new heart. Reese is a heart surgeon who because of something that happens in his life, no longer cares about being one. Its a great story of how Reese comes to help Annie in so many ways...and how she helps him too. I just loved it!!

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Fantastic book about relationships, love, and the human spirit. The little girl is amazing and the story is heartwrenching and heartwarming at the same time. Charles Martin has done it again! Great read.

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An outstandingly talented heart transplant surgeon loses his wife and abandoning his practice, to live an anonamous life rebuilding and reconditioning rare and beautiful boats of the past. When he buys a glass of lemonade from a little girl he recognizes her frail condition as one he often saw in the past.

The story focuses on what happens between the two. He knows he could help her but is afraid to do so because of the guilt he harbors for the death of his wife. She died of a heart condition while he slept beside her, exhausted from his medical work.

It's a tale that takes the reader through a beautiful friendship that begins to mend the surgeon's broken heart. While the ending is predictable, the story is told with sensitivity and emotion that warms readers' hearts. The only flaw I found was the strange adjectives the author sometimes used to describe nouns in the story. Ignore that an you find a wonderful read.

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Just a beautiful story - very moving. Loved it.

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I loved this book, first time reading any Charles Martin books and have ordered another one. I could not put this book down. I also learned a lot about the heart and how it functions physically and emotionally. A well narrowed book by the person who has to make a huge decision in his life after a terrible tragedy and the little girl that everyone is pulling for.

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