The Wet Engine Exploring the Mad Wild Miracle of the Heart

An award-winning essayist for Portland Magazine muses on the scientific, emotional, literary, philosophical, and spiritual understandings of the heart--from cardiology to courage, from love letters and pop songs to the teachings of Jesus--with his own infant sons heart surgery as the thread weaving his reflections eloquently together. This unusual and wise book presents ruminations on all aspects of the human heart.