{"product_id":"pig-heart-boy","title":"Pig-Heart Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful story about friendship, loyalty and family around this topical and controversial issue' - Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An engrossing story' - Daily Telegraph \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'That's all I ever did - watch and listen. I was always a spectator, never a participant. I didn't call that living. I was alive - but that was all.' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCameron is thirteen, and all he wants is a 'normal' life - friends, swimming, school, family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut his life is far from normal. Not every thirteen-year-old desperately needs a new heart because theirs doesn't work properly. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally, one doctor offers hope. \u003cbr\u003eCameron could - if he and his parents agree - take part in a radical and controversial procedure involving the transplant of a pig's heart into his human body. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's risky. And it's never been done before . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Cameron comes to terms with the idea, he finds the world around him is much less accepting. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut surely everyone will understand that it's better to have a pig's heart that works than a human heart that doesn't - won't they . . .?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sensitive and informative story that provides a vivid insight into transgenics and xenotransplantations and still manages to squeeze in the inevitable guinea-pig and piggy in the middle jokes' - Independent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 256 pages | Published February 2004\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63985944428893,"sku":"9780552551663","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780552551663.jpg?v=1774494195","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/pig-heart-boy","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}