With all the medical drama on TV and even on Netflix, stories about a heart transplant abound. But, the story stops after the successful surgery and the patient is saved. The audience is left to deduce that the patient lives a happy and healthy life. But, do they?
In “The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae
In this poignant story, Ailsa Rae is trying to reconcile her past life with her new life. From an almost homebound person who was also denied of strenuous activities like dancing or clubbing, she needs to adjust to a world wherein she can enjoy life like everyone else in her age group.
But there is also survivor’s guilt. Why did she survive, and others did not? In this brave new world that Ailsa Rae has found herself in, she has to find a balance to so that she can truly live her proverbial happily ever after.
An easy read, “The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae
“The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae
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The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae
An easy read, “The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae” tugs at your heartstrings from beginning to end. There will be times when you feel you will cry. And perhaps you will. Whether you do or not, one thing is certain, Ailsa Rae might be a fictional character, but she is one brave woman.
Book Title: The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae
Author: Stephanie Butland
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Pub Date 29 Oct 2019
Description:
For fans of Josie Silver’s One Day in December, The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae is a wholly original, charismatic, and uplifting novel that no reader will soon forget.
Ailsa Rae is learning how to live. She’s only a few months past the heart transplant that—just in time—saved her life. Now, finally, she can be a normal twenty-eight-year-old. She can climb a mountain. Dance. Wait in line all day for tickets to Wimbledon.
But first, she has to put one foot in front of the other. So far, things are as bloody complicated as ever. Her relationship with her mother is at a breaking point and she wants to find her father. Then there’s Lennox, whom Ailsa loved and lost. Will she ever find love again?
Her new heart is a bold heart. She just needs to learn to listen to it. From the hospital to her childhood home, on social media and IRL, Ailsa will embark on a journey about what it means to be, and feel, alive.
How do we learn to be brave, to accept defeat, to dare to dream?
From Stephanie Butland, author of The Lost for Words Bookshop, The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae will warm you from the inside out.
