Heartsounds: The Story of a Love and Loss

By: Martha Weinman Lear

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Synopsis: The national bestseller and undying testament of a wife&’s love for her husband as he embarks on the fight of his life. On a story assignment in France for the New York Times Magazine, Martha Weinman Lear has just escaped tourist-infested Cannes for a quiet pension in the hills behind the Riviera when she gets the call from New York. Her husband has suffered a massive heart attack and is in the hospital. Harold Lear, a fifty-three-year-old urologist and leader in the field of human sexuality research, suddenly finds himself in the helpless role of the patient. Ripping into the Lears&’ lives and marriage, Hal&’s coronary disease sends them on a journey through New York City&’s medical maze. With bittersweet poignancy, Lear chronicles her husband&’s valiant efforts to combat his sickness as more heart attacks and devastating postsurgical complications befall him. A stunning work of medical drama and journalism, Heartsounds is above all the gripping story of a passionate, enduring love.