Contains Recycled Parts

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Aimee Mackovic almost died at least twice. The first time was as a three-year-old choking on a Life Saver candy until her mother helped expel it. The second time as a 40-something English professor and poet she suffered heart liver and kidney failure having just days to live. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Then thanks to the immeasurable kindness of organ donors and extraordinary doctors and nurses Aimee embarks on a life-saving journey where her family friends and spiritual beliefs carry her through the physical and emotional trauma of surgeries. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center>Now in her inspiring memoir <em>CONTAINS RECYCLED PARTS: </em><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>My Triple Organ Transplant Journey and the Science of Gratitude</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> she writes:</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>A nurse asks me what my pain level is on a scale of one to ten and I thrust both of my hands and all my fingers out and mouth: TEN! My side feels like it has been devoured by a carnivorous beast and my now mangled entrails are on the outside. I mouth to my mom through sobs: </em></p><p class=ql-align-justify><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Please get me morphine!</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Throughout this riveting memoir Aimee recounts her extraordinary journey surviving a triple transplant-heart liver and kidney-narrating her harrowing experiences with humor gratitude and unwavering resilience.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>All while she explores the gift of exceptional medical care the loving support of her family and friends and deep connections with organ donors and their families. Her inspiring story-which includes journal entries and Facebook posts that chronicle the experience in real time-weaves a rich and inspiring tapestry of science gratitude and a lighthearted spirit in the face of life's gravest challenges.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>This book is a must-read for anyone facing a health crisis as well as for anyone who loves an engaging entertaining read that will make you laugh cry and cherish life with optimism love and gratitude.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>