Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck by Lightning
by Ehrlich, Gretel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0679425500
- ISBN 13
- 9780679425502
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Moab, Utah, United States
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Synopsis
A powerful chronicle of a wounded woman’s exploration of nature and self After nature writer Gretel Ehrlich was struck by lightning near her Wyoming ranch and almost died, she embarked on a painstaking and visionary journey back to the land of the living. With the help of an extraordinary cardiologist and the companionship of her beloved dog Sam, she avidly explores the natural and spiritual world to make sense of what happened to her. We follow as she combs every inch of her new home on the California coast, attends a convention of lightning-strike victims, and goes on a seal watch in Alaska. Ehrlich then turns her focus inward, exploring the tiny but equally fascinating ecosystem of the human heart, and culminated in a stunningly beautiful description of open-heart surgery.
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024916
- Title
- Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck by Lightning
- Author
- Ehrlich, Gretel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679425500
- ISBN 13
- 9780679425502
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- 0679425500, Natural History, Memoir, Health, Lightning
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