Doujon's Heart

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Allen And Unwin
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2015
Edition: First Edition

Description: 294 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. When Doujon Was Bashed By Bouncers In Greece, His Story Made Headlines In Australia And Greece. His Grief Stricken Parents Honoured His Wish And Donated His Organs. Oliver A 31 Year Old Needed A New Heart And So Is Now Still Alive And A Strong Friendship Has Been Made Through The Two Families.

Publishers Description: The extraordinary story of how the gift of a heart gave meaning to a senseless tragedy and inspired a lifelong friendship between two families. When 20-year-old Australian Doujon Zammit was bashed by bouncers on a Greek island in July 2008, his tragic story made headlines in both Australia and Greece. Doujon had sustained terrible head injuries and would not recover. His grief-stricken parents, Oliver and Rosemarie, honoured Doujons previous wish to be an organ donor, and Oliver became famous overnight in Australia and in Greece when he announced that Doujons organs would be donated to Greek recipients. The day Doujon received his fatal injuries was also the day 31-year-old Greek-Australian journalist Kosta Gribilas was given a death sentence in a hospital in Athens. Critically ill with virus-induced heart failure, he was told he had only two weeks to live. Without an urgent transplant, Kosta knew he would soon die. Hed followed Doujons story on TV, and even as he watched Olivers emotional announcement, Kosta hadnt thought he might be saved - the doctors didnt want to give him false hope. On 2 August, after an emotional farewell to partner Poppy and his family and friends, Kosta drifted asleep for what he thought was going to be the last time. A day later he woke up with Doujons heart beating in his chest and the life hed longed for now ahead of him. Because of the public nature of Doujons fatal attack, Kosta met Rosemarie and Oliver when they visited Athens. It was to be the beginning of an extraordinary, heartwarming friendship that would sustain both families through the dark days to come - a roller-coaster course of events neither family could have possibly predicted. Through all this, Kosta is constantly reminded of Doujons remarkable gift: How can I ever forget Doujon, when every heartbeat reminds me how blessed I am A beautiful, inspiring story about two families united by tragedy and how a selfless and courageous gift of love keeps on giving to this day.

ISBN: 9781760110048