This book opened my heart!
Wow. It took me a little while to get through this book. It captured my attention enough but yet, I just had a hard time really caring at first. Once Gene and Patty broke up, I was enraptured! Gene then started working at the hospital and wow, I learned so much! I was so impressed by all the details Gregory D. Williams provided about what goes on in the Heart Room. I could really picture it. Then, I realized how incredible this whole story was! Gene's struggles with his father's death, the breakup with Patty and everything he goes through. He was such a great character and I really felt for him so many times. He discovers that everyone has secrets and he really grew up during that summer at home and working at the hospital. I was pretty shocked when I read the blurb on the back about the author and realized, this was based on him! He is a Doctor and he lived in Arizona and loved baseball. I then continued to devour the book. When I got to the end and read his bio, it broke my heart to read that he passed away in 2020, before this book got published. It was such a great read and it will stick with me.