You're Too Wonderful To Die

When his first child is stillborn, Alex Glassman, an intensive care specialist at a prestigious academic hospital, watches his seemingly perfect life crumble. He doesn t know how to console his wife, how to continue caring for critically ill patients, and how to reconcile an unsettling suspicion that he is being punished for his prior religious skepticism. Then Alex meets new patient Esme Jeffries, a freshman at University of North Carolina with cystic fibrosis, who is listed for a lung transplant. As their relationship progresses, Alex starts to appreciate Esme as a chance for redemption. This wondrous girl may allow him to re-enter the world and, in the process, to appreciate the faith he s been mocking since becoming a doctor. Through his narrator, Bomback blends the sharply crafted voice of a hard-working medical professional with the tender insight of genuine and touching human experience. This easeful portrayal of magnificent characters and their individual and collective journeys makes for a tragic yet heart-warming story of crises, faith, and miraculous every-day relationships.