Instructions for a Secondhand Heart

A moving novel about grief and first love that is sure to "appeal to readers drawn to romances featuring ill teenagers, such as (naturally) John Green's The Fault in Our Stars"(Booklist).Jonny knows better than anyone that life is full of cruel ironies. Spending every day in a hospital hooked up to machines to keep your heart beating will make you an expert. But then a donor match is found for Jonny's heart, and that turns out to be the cruelest irony of all.Because for Jonny's life to finally start, someone else's had to end.That someone turns out to be Neve's twin brother, Leo. When Leo was alive, all Neve wanted was for him (and all his glorious, overshadowing perfection) to go away. Now that Leo's actually gone forever, Neve has no idea how to move forward.Then Jonny walks into her life looking for answers, her brother's heart beating in his chest, and everything starts to change.Together, Neve and Jonny will learn to face the future, no matter how frightening it is, while also learning to heal their hearts, no matter how much it hurts.A moving story about the unpredictability of love and other concerns of the heart.