Jill Wolfson‘s Cold Hands, Warm Heart, aimed at young adults, is the story of a 15-year-old girl who needs a heart transplant to survive. Amanda, a 14-year-old gymnast, suffers a fatal accident.
Told mostly in Dani’s witty voice, the novel reveals her intimate thoughts as readers accompany her through her transplant, as she falls in love with a fellow patient and as she wrestles with the magnitude of receiving another girl’s heart.
I’ve heard the book is terrific.
Jill, who was a colleague of mine at the San Jose Mercury News back in the day, will do a reading at Books, Inc. at Town and Country Village in Palo Alto on April 3.
About Joanne
Hi Joanne,
Thanks for mentioning my new book on your blog. Want to let you and your readers know that the April 3, 7 pm reading at Books, Inc. is a fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House at Stanford. I did the bulk of my research at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
I’ll be holding a similar reading at Capitola BookCafe,May 3, 5:30 pm.
~~Jill
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