Vivi Palmer knows what it’s like to live life carefully.
Born with a heart defect, Vivi was given a second chance after a transplant, but has never quite dared to make the most of it. Then she comes face-to-face with her donor’s mother, Grace, who wants something in return for Vivi’s second-hand heart: her help to find all the other people who have tiny pieces of her son.
Reluctantly drawn into Grace’s mission, Vivi tracks down a small group of strangers. And as their lives intertwine she discovers a whole new world waiting for her…
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– NZ Listener
“This is the kind of book you read once, but you remember forever”
– Herworld.co.nz
“New readers will fall in love with Pellegrino’s writing style, while long-time fans will delight when the story shifts gear and travels to Italy”
– Australian Woman’s Weekly