The Hearts of a Girl: The Journey Through Congenital Heart Disease & Heart Transplant

A riveting medical memoir about a family's journey through multiple surgeries, and a determined battle for survival.

Jessica Carmel was born with a severe congenital heart condition. When she was just four days old, her parents learned she would need heart surgery.

They had no idea that her future held multiple surgeries and even more unexpected challenges. Sixteen years later, as Jessica sat in her cardiologist's office for a routine checkup, he told her and her mom that there was n...