The national bestseller and undying testament of a wife s love for her husband as he embarks on the fight of his lifeOn a story assignment in France for the"New York Times Magazine," Martha Weinman Lear has just escaped tourist-infested Cannes for a quiet"pension"in the hills behind the Riviera when she gets the call from New York. Her husband has suffered a massive heart attack and is in the hospital.Harold Lear, a fifty-three-year-old urologist and leader in the field of human sexuality research, suddenly finds himself in the helpless role of the patient. Ripping into the Lears lives and marriage, Hal s coronary disease sends them on a journey through New York City s medical maze. With bittersweet poignancy, Lear chronicles her husband s valiant efforts to combat his sickness as more heart attacks and devastating postsurgical complications befall him.A stunning work of medical drama and journalism, "Heartsounds"is above all the gripping story of a passionate, enduring love."