Name: Instructions For A Second-hand Heart
SKU: 780674
Availability: InStock

Description

By (author) Murray Tamsyn

Short /annotation:
Jonny has a faulty heart and his time is running out. Niamh has just lost her twin brother in a tragic accident. As their fates collide, soon Jonny is on the mend – but desperate to know more about his donor. When he tracks down Niamh, he only intends to find out about her brother, the first owner of his heart. He doesn”t plan on falling in love…

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Jonny isn”t like “normal” teenagers. Every day he wakes up in hospital, kept alive by a machine. Every day he wonders if this is the day they”ll find a donor match for his heart. Every day he wonders if this is the day he”ll die.

Every day, Niamh fights with her “perfect” brother Leo. Every single day, Leo wins. Every day, Niamh dreams of a life without Leo. But all that changes on the day of the accident; the day everything falls apart.

This is a story about facing the future, no matter how frightening. This is a story about healing your heart, no matter how much it hurts.

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Save some tissues.

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A beautifully crafted story of hope, courage and first love.

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A perfect story: funny, sad, beautiful, touching, wistful, moving and utterly unputdownable. I could read it again and again.

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At the heart of this novel is the power of love to heal. A first-rate coming-of-age story, which is guaranteed to make readers both laugh and cry.

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Explores universal themes in a very unique manner showing us how friendship can help heal a broken heart.

Biographical note:
Tamsyn Murray writes for all ages from picture books to YA, including Usborne”s Instructions for a Second-Hand Heart, and the Completely Cassidy and Tanglewood Animal Park series. Her YA Afterlife series was published to widespread critical acclaim, with My So-Called Afterlife Highly Commended in the Teenage Booktrust Prize. Both My So-Called Phantom Lovelife and Instructions for a Second-Hand Heart were shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists” Association YA Romantic Novel of the Year.