Twenty-Nine Lives To Live concerns a woman who has lived for a long time with a congenital (birth) heart defect. The author tells her story in easy-to-understand language, and also talks briefly about some other heart birth defects. Her primary goal is to educate the public about some kinds of heart defects that babies are born with, and the fact that they often can live for a long time. She also shares some of her personal experiences in life, including some of her travels, which did not adversely affect her condition. Today, many babies survive heart surgery. Some children and also some...