{"product_id":"july-5-w-adam-greer-9798270912451","title":"July 5: The Day I Lived Twice: A True Story of Faith, Medicine and the Miracle of a Second Heartbeat","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful true story of surviving seventeen years of heart failure - and waking up with a stranger's heartbeat.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIncludes an editorial reflection from a Houston Methodist cardiologist.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome people get a second chance in theory.\u003cbr\u003eHe woke up with one beating in his chest.\u003cbr\u003eAt forty years old, W. Adam Greer walked into an emergency room expecting treatment for pneumonia. Instead, he was told he was dying.\u003cbr\u003eFor the next seventeen years, heart failure defined his life - ICU rescues, defibrillators and borrowed time - until the call finally came.\u003cbr\u003eOn July 4, 2022, one family's world broke.\u003cbr\u003eBy July 5, another family's world was being rebuilt.\u003cbr\u003eAfter outliving every prognosis, Greer received the call that would define his second life: a donor heart was waiting.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuly 5: The Day I Lived Twice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, Greer recounts the journey from diagnosis to transplant through faith, fear and the fragile beauty of recovery.\u003cbr\u003eWith raw honesty and reverent humor, he brings readers inside the ICU, the waiting rooms, the whispered prayers and the gratitude that now fuels every breath.\u003cbr\u003eMore than a medical memoir, this is a story about \u003cb\u003egrace in motion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e- how courage, clarity and compassion can coexist in the face of impossible odds.\u003cbr\u003eEach chapter reads like a heartbeat: rising, falling, steadying - until life itself feels new again.\u003cbr\u003eFor anyone waiting for a transplant, living with heart failure, or trying to understand the miracle and weight of a donor's gift - this story was written with you in mind.\u003cbr\u003eIf you've ever wrestled with hope, questioned faith or wondered if miracles still happen, this story will stay with you long after the final page. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers of: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eBetween Two Kingdoms\u003c\/i\u003e - Suleika Jaouad\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eProof of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e - Dr. Eben Alexander\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eEverything Happens for a Reason\u003c\/i\u003e - Kate Bowler\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eWhen Breath Becomes Air\u003c\/i\u003e - Paul Kalanithi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. Adam Greer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798270912451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"W. Adam Greer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447409717503,"sku":"9798270912451","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ce696c2-95e7-4019-9288-29f907c9a9cd.jpg?v=1777230923","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/july-5-w-adam-greer-9798270912451","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}