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Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir

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A searing account of a fatherā€™s struggle to save his remarkable son from a rare heart condition that threatens his lifeā€”ā€œa powerful and lyric portrait of a son and a vibrant familyā€ (Toni Morrison).

Damon Weber is a brilliant kidā€”a skilled actor and a natural leader at school. Born with a congenital heart defect that required surgery when he was a baby, Damonā€™s spirit and independence have always been a source of pride to his parents, who vigilantly look for any signs of danger.

Unbowed by frequent medical checkups, Damon proves to be a talent on stage, appears in David Milchā€™s HBO series Deadwood, and maintains an active social life, whenever he has the energy. But running through Damonā€™s coming-of-age in the shadow of affliction is another story: his father Doronā€™s relentless search for answers in a race against time.

Immortal Bird is a stirring, gorgeously written memoir of a fatherā€™s fight to save his sonā€™s life.