The man with a paper heart

By Angelo Lorello

The sensational story-event signed by Angelo Lorello

The plight of a little boy named Christian, born in Alaska with a terrible heart disease for which there is no operation that can save him in his country except one conducted by a team of heart surgeons in Spain. The family, however, cannot afford such an operation...

A touching story that goes straight to the heart.Profits from the sales of this E-book will be donated to the Telethon Foundation

for scientific research against rare pediatric diseases.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Youcanprint
• Release date: Aug 30, 2022
• ISBN: 9791221424669

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The man with

a paper heart

Story written by

Angelo Lorello

And translated by

Elena Pascucci ¹

Youcanprint

In the faraway town of Alaska, we find a curious little boy named Christian with an intrepid, courageous air, always combative and even a bit cynical...if you really want to put it that way. He lives with his parents in a magnificent little house with a backyard where, when he has some free time, he spends whole days with his father playing catch. But remember, he plays when he has some free time because unfortunately, he has a terrible heart condition for which not much can be done, since it is something with an inoperable nature.

The reason must be sought especially when at the age of 12, almost ten years later, he fell to the ground during a baseball game with his friends under the eyes of his parents, not to mention the twenty others who had come to watch the other children's game.

The emergency and fear immediately brought agitation among the crowd, both in the children and adults, but fortunately one, only one managed to be cool enough to call the relevant health authorities for timely intervention to avoid the point of no return.

Over the years that day, or rather that date, has remained increasingly indelible to both the poor child, now a boy, and his parents.

Every three to four weeks they have to take their son for periodic checkups so as to make sure that everything is going well...in short, that everything remains