Left Bank Books & Central Reform Congregation presents A Celebration of Adina Talve-Goodman, for the release of her posthumously published memoir Your Hearts, Your Scars, at the Central Reform Congregation on March 2th at 7pm! Join us for the event at CRC or on YouTube Live Page. Order copies of Your Hearts, Your Scars from Left Bank Books to support authors and independent bookstores!

**SPECIAL GUESTS**
Editors, Sarika Talve-Goodman & Hannah Tinti
Foreword author, Jo Firestone
Executive Director of One Story, Maribeth Batcha
Parents, Rabbi James Stone Goodman & Rabbi Susan Talve
Music from Lazaroff's
Ron Himes and performers from St. Louis Black Rep!

**About the Book**

Your Hearts, Your Scars is a collection of engaging, funny, and unflinching essays about coming of age as a transplant patient and living each day as a gift!

Adina Talve-Goodman was born with a congenital heart condition and survived multiple operations over the course of her childhood, including a heart transplant at age nineteen. In these seven essays, she tells the story of her chronic illness and her youthful search for love and meaning, never forgetting that her adult life is tied to the loss of another person--the donor of her transplanted heart.

Whether writing about the experience of taking her old heart home from the hospital (and passing it around the Thanksgiving table), a summer camp for young transplant patients, or a memorable night on the town, Talve-Goodman's writing is filled with curiosity, humor, and compassion. Published posthumously, Your Hearts, Your Scars is the work of a writer wise beyond her years, a moving reflection on chance and gratitude, and a testament to hope and kindness.