How To Heart By Elowyn Eden

This book is Heart to Heart by Lurlene McDaniel. This book is a real page turner! The story is heart-touching, inspiring, and tear jerking. The author evoked emotions on relatable topics about life and death and renewed beginnings.

Elowyn Eden’s story- For Elowyn’s sixteenth birthday she receives a brand new car. Immediately, she gives an extra set of keys to her best friend-- Kassey to show their strong friendship. What Kassey doesn’t know is that Elowyn checked the organ donor box on her driver's license. She soon finds out in the most devastating way. Here is how the scene went down-- After an argument with Wyatt (Elowyn’s boyfriend) Elowyn storms into her car a drives off into the pouring rain. The car swerves off the road and hits a tree. Kassie rushes to the hospital to find her friend in a coma and the only thing keeping her alive was machines. The doctors announced that Elowyn was brain dead. Her parents decided to turn off the machines and donate her organs, as she would have wanted.

Kassey Messechek’s story- Kassey is first met Elowyn in a hospital where they were recovering from broken bones. They instantly became inseparable friends. Kassey’s best friend was the light in her dark childhood. Her father

Arabeth is informed that the donor's parents live only a town away in Atlanta, Georgia and had been searching for the person who has their daughter’s heart. She finally decides to meet Elowyn’s parents and best friend. Kassey feels strange after meeting Arabeth. She noticed similarities between Arabeth and Elowyn. Could the personality of Elowyn still be alive in the heart of Arabeth? In the future Arabeth thought she would have never have, she experiences life as a normal and healthy teenager. Kassey struggles to keep moving and let go of the past, including to forgive her father. She begins to realize thing differently. The memory of her late friend is kept alive by the renewed life of