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Title details for Tin Heart by Shivaun Plozza - Available

Tin Heart

A Novel

by Shivaun Plozza
Katherine Littrell
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"Narrator Katherine Littrell wrests all the humor, angst, and anguish from this first-person account of Australian teen Marlowe Jensen's attempts to adjust to normal life after her heart transplant... Littrell's well-paced, well-modulated tones meld this coming-of-age story into a satisfying listening experience." — AudioFile Magazine

Bestselling author of All the Bright Places Jennifer Niven calls emerging talent Shivaun Plozza's charming and romantic second YA novel, Tin Heart, "from cover to cover swoon-worthy, moving, deep, and funny"!
When Marlowe gets a heart transplant and a second chance at life, all she wants to do is to thank her donor's family. Maybe then she can move on. Maybe then she'll discover who she is if she's no longer The Dying Girl.
But with a little brother who dresses like every day is Halloween, a vegan warrior for a mother, and an all-out war with the hot butcher's apprentice next door, Marlowe's life is already pretty complicated. And her second chance is about to take an unexpected turn...

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  • Release date

    March 12, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781250209078
      • File size: 250528 KB
      • Duration: 08:41:55

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Katherine Littrell wrests all the humor, angst, and anguish from this first-person account of Australian teen Marlowe Jensen's attempts to adjust to normal life after her heart transplant. Littrell captures Marlowe's many moods with an engaging performance that moves with the text from intensely introspective to wryly humorous and fiercely poignant. She expertly depicts Marlowe's struggle to embrace life after staring death in the face for so many years. From feelings of guilt for taking the heart of a boy who died to making her own decisions against the iron will of her passionately vegan mum, along with first friendships and first love with--gasp!--a butcher's son, Littrell's well-paced, well-modulated tones meld this coming-of-age story into a satisfying listening experience. S.G. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
    • Books+Publishing

      October 23, 2017
      Marlowe Jensen was The Dying Girl. Born with a congenital heart defect, no-one expected Marlowe to make it to her 18th birthday until she won the organ-donation lottery, and got a transplant. Now she has a stranger’s heart in her chest and no idea who she is. Marlowe hopes she can find answers by connecting with the donor’s family. Even after they request no contact, Marlowe is determined to learn about her donor by any means possible. Tin Heart combines the timeless narratives of coming of age, family feuds and the power of love with a complex exploration of chronic illness. Despite these heavy themes, it remains light-hearted, with a cast of endearing characters that includes Marlowe’s perpetually costume-clad younger brother, Pip; her mum, who has just opened her own dream vegan shop … next door to Bert’s Quality Butchers; and Bert’s son and apprentice butcher Leo, who is as cute as he is annoying. Shivaun Plozza’s debut novel Frankie delighted and devastated readers, and Tin Heart cements Plozza as a writer with a charming voice and a flair for flawed, lovable characters. Fans of contemporary rom-coms with grit, such as Cath Crowley’s Graffiti Moon, will find much to enjoy here. Jordi Kerr is a freelance reviewer and YA advocate, formerly with the Centre for Youth Literature

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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