On Having a Heart Attack: A Medical Memoir

by William O'Rourke

Book Overview

"As I walked away with my refreshments, I felt something peculiar. It was so strange it stopped me mid-step. I was forty-five years old, and I had felt many things, but never before this particular feeling: I felt a click deep inside. The image the sensation produced in my mind was of a BB, a small round piece of copper-colored lead, falling into a socket. It was a very clear image. A BB is tiny, but the one I imagined felt infinitesimal, microscopic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268037264
• ISBN13: 9780268037260
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

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This book could save your life or the life of someone you care about. It's lively and intelligent, and it's actually an entertaining narrative (if you can imagine a book about having a heart attack being entertaining.) This is a book that's witty and anecdotal, a book you won't be able to put down. It's a short book, but it tells you everything you need to know. It has an excellent glossary and a brief, smart list of things to do in order to avoid having a heart attack.