Engaging funny and unflinching essays about coming of age as a transplant patient and living each day as a giftAdina TalveGoodman was born with a congenital heart condition and survived multiple operations over the course of her childhood including a heart transplant at age nineteen In these seven essays she tells the story of her chronic illness and her youthful search for love and meaning never forgetting that her adult life is tied to the loss of another personthe donor of her transplanted heartWhether writing about the experience of taking her old heart home from the hospital and passing it around the Thanksgiving table a summer camp for young transplant patients or a memorable night on the town TalveGoodmans writing is filled with curiosity humor and compassion Published posthumously Your Hearts Your Scars is the work of a writer wise beyond her years a moving reflection on chance and gratitude and a testament to hope and kindness