TY - BOOK AU - Kerangal, Maylis de AU - Moore, Jessica (tr) TI - Mend the living SN - 085705385X PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - MacLehose Press KW - TRANSPLANTATION KW - FICTIONAL WORKS N1 - Réparer les vivants. English; Translated from the French N2 - Winner of the Wellcome Book Prize 2017. Mend the Living is the story of a heart transplant, centred around Simon Limbeau, the boy whose heart is given, and his family. Taking place within exactly twenty-four hours, the novel traces the thrill of an early-morning winter surf session, the terrible accident that follows, and all the urgency and compassion of the hospital workers, and shock and grief of Simon’s family as they negotiate the question of organ donation ER -