Hearts, Eyes, And Second Chances: Some gifts save your life. Others break your heart first.

By Glen Hatcher

A powerful story of grief, survival, and the strangers who change our lives forever.
In the crowded hospital corridors of Auckland and Wellington, four lives become intertwined by organ donation, impossible choices, and the fragile hope of survival.
Mereana Rangi is exhausted by dialysis and the grief of watching her body fail piece by piece. When a possible kidney match arrives, it feels less like salvation and more like another chance to be disappointed. But as donor letters, family expectations, and the brutal uncertainty of transplant medicine close in around her, Mereana must decide whether hope is worth the risk of heartbreak.
Tama Ngata has finally been approved for the heart transplant that could save his life - just as his mother begins dying in ICU. Torn between loyalty and survival, Tama faces an unbearable truth: sometimes love means living when someone else no longer can.
Hana Kaur is slowly losing her sight. As a corneal transplant offers the possibility of seeing clearly again, her faith, family, and fears collide. Is accepting someone else's gift an act of healing... or betrayal of everything she was taught to believe?
And across oceans and airport terminals, Rory McKenzie arrives in New Zealand carrying a decision that could change another person's future forever. But becoming a donor comes with a cost no one fully prepared him for.
Bound together by hospital wards, donor chains, grief, culture, and the terrifying weight of second chances, these strangers must confront the truth that survival is never simple - and sometimes the greatest acts of love are the ones that hurt the most.
Raw, emotionally devastating, and deeply human, Hearts, Eyes, and Second Chances is a moving literary drama about family, sacrifice, faith, and the invisible threads that connect us all.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H4VNWP1Z
• ISBN13: 9798181032637
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"