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Book Title: Take Heart: Hopeful & Humorous Lessons From a Two-Time Transplant Recipient
Author:David Craig
Published:2025
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Through David's 35-year journey with two heart transplants and countless medical crises, readers learn how to maintain hope when life spirals beyond control. The book shows how to "flip the script" on devastating experiences, counterbalance adversity by leaning into relationships and purpose, and develop a broader perspective that puts daily struggles in context.
Take Heart helps people facing health crises, career setbacks, and life's unexpected storms find their footing again. Readers discover how to build the kind of relationships that carry you through dark times, find meaning even in suffering, and serve others while fighting their own battles. David's candor about his lowest moments, alongside his resilience, proves that staying optimistic isn't about pretending everything's fine. It's about choosing where to focus your energy and what lens you use to view your circumstances. This memoir gives readers a framework for living fully, even when life doesn't go according to plan.