The Silent Heart

Name: The Silent Heart
Price: $13.95 USD
Author: Larry J. Matthews
ISBN: 9781475932577

A Personal Journey Back from Cardiac Arrest

by Larry J. Matthews

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Softcover

$13.95

E-Book

$3.99

Hardcover

$23.95

Softcover

$13.95

Book Details

Language : English

Publication Date : 9/28/2012

Recognition Programs

Format : Softcover

Dimensions : 5.5x8.5

Page Count : 126

ISBN : 9781475932577

Format : E-Book

Dimensions : N/A

Page Count : 126

ISBN : 9781475932591

Format : Hardcover

Dimensions : 5.5x8.5

Page Count : 126

ISBN : 9781475932584

About the Book

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans survive heart attacks. The journey back to a normal life is not always easy. In THE SILENT HEART, author Larry J. Matthews provides a road map of the physical and emotional obstacles encountered on his personal journey through the ten months following his heart attack and cardiac arrest. In this memoir, Matthews offers an intimate look into the mind of a heart attack survivor, sharing the events and his thoughts and feelings after his heart stopped beating. Combining personal experience with medical facts and reflections from his family, THE SILENT HEART shows the realities of heart disease, heart attacks, and rehabilitation as they affect not only the patient, but loved ones as well. THE SILENT HEART gives hope and encouragement to those facing the same hurdles in their lives by presenting firsthand insight into one man’s personal experience, the road to recovery, and the goal of practicing heart-healthy living.

About the Author

LARRY J. MATTHEWS worked more than twenty-four years as a middle school and high school guidance counselor and served as an Army Medical Service Corps colonel. Matthews volunteers with the American Heart Association. He and his wife, Sue, live in Minnesota. They have three children and four grandchildren.

Customer Reviews

"I found myself re-reading parts of ""Silent Heart"" since there were so many aspects that applied to my own thoughts about life and what the future might bring. Larry expresses these with insight and humor making it easy to relate to these experiences in a very real manner. Facing our mortality is uncomfortable in so many respects, but Larry has created a framework of sorts to guide us through that difficult thought process. Everyone can gain from reading ""Silent Heart"" as it is both entertaining and thought provoking. "

Barb Livingston
Book Review: the Silent Heart; by Larry J. Matthews

Date: 11/23/12

By: "Randy R

A surprisingly good read as I was expecting to be bored and not even finish reading it. Quite the opposite was true. I found myself eager to continue to read the next chapter and the next. Silent Heart began with a heart attack and progressed with ?silent thoughts? exposed as the author begins to examine his past, present and future because of a near death experience. Awakenings and humor are abundant. A ?silent heart? to an ?exposed heart? . . . how wonderful.

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Randy R
" I found myself re-reading parts of ""Silent Heart"" since there were so many aspects that applied to my own thoughts about life and what the future might bring. Larry expresses these with insight and humor making it easy to relate to these experiences in a very real manner. Facing our mortality is uncomfortable in so many respects, but Larry has created a framework of sorts to guide us through that difficult thought process. Everyone can gain from reading ""Silent Heart"" as it is both entertaining and thought provoking. "

Barb Livingston
"Book Review: the Silent Heart; by Larry J. Matthews

Date: 11/23/12

By: Randy R

A surprisingly good read as I was expecting to be bored and not even finish reading it. Quite the opposite was true. I found myself eager to continue to read the next chapter and the next. Silent Heart began with a heart attack and progressed with ?silent thoughts? exposed as the author begins to examine his past, present and future because of a near death experience. Awakenings and humor are abundant. A ?silent heart? to an ?exposed heart? . . . how wonderful. "

Randy R
" I found myself re-reading parts of ""Silent Heart"" since there were so many aspects that applied to my own thoughts about life and what the future might bring. Larry expresses these with insight and humor making it easy to relate to these experiences in a very real manner. Facing our mortality is uncomfortable in so many respects, but Larry has created a framework of sorts to guide us through that difficult thought process. Everyone can gain from reading ""Silent Heart"" as it is both entertaining and thought provoking. "

Barb Livingston
"Book Review: the Silent Heart; by Larry J. Matthews

Date: 11/23/12

By: Randy R

A surprisingly good read as I was expecting to be bored and not even finish reading it. Quite the opposite was true. I found myself eager to continue to read the next chapter and the next. Silent Heart began with a heart attack and progressed with ?silent thoughts? exposed as the author begins to examine his past, present and future because of a near death experience. Awakenings and humor are abundant. A ?silent heart? to an ?exposed heart? . . . how wonderful. "

Randy R

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