Purple Heart -

Ta'afuli Andrew Fiu

Random House New Zealand

2006

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-10: 1869418042

This is a biography of growing up Samoan in Auckland in the 1970s and 80s. Aged fourteen the author was misdiagnosed with flu when he had rheumatic fever. The damage to his heart resulted in five heart surgeries. This memoir is of his hospital years, the clash of cultures and generations, wisdom from fellow patients and medical miracles performed by famous surgeon Alan Kerr.