Heart's Oratorio: One Woman's Journey Through Love, Death, and Modern Medicine

By Mary Oak and Robert Sardello

A memoir about life (and near-death) with a genetic heart condition. This book is composed of many voices: physical and metaphysical; medical and mystical. It's a love story, a heroine's journey and a medical drama that explores the fragility and resilience of the human heart. The journey portrayed reconciles the author's family heritage of natural healing and the conflict that arises between a holistic and spiritual orientation with western technology.

This literary non-fiction narrative weaves between personal and mythic realms, depicting a mother's love for her children at risk and a woman's love for a man who stands by her in the darkest hours. "Heart's Oratorio" provides examples of the miraculous, offering hope to those dealing with chronic and life-threatening illness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0983226180
• ISBN13: 9780983226185
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Steiner Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"