Kirjahaku

**Updated June 2021. Now available in hardback ** Through the Dark Curtain offers practical, straightforward advice on coping and dealing with aortic heart valve replacement surgery--from someone who survived and has greatly benefited from the procedure. Topics covered include early symptoms, pre-op, operation day, recovery, going home, and dealing with anxiety and depression associated with having the procedure. Written in an honest, no-nonsense manner, this book provides a realistic scenario of what one can expect if undergoing or considering aortic heart valve replacement surgery--before, during, and after the procedure.

**Previously published as "Julie" by Michelle Murray.** Julie remembers everything. Each person's name, each sentence said to her, each infinite touch on her cheek, each dreamed kiss, each farewell and every promise. She remembers each touch of a fingertip to her lips, each lick of a tongue across her back and down her leg, every glance, every innuendo, every panting need. Julie is afraid of men due to her childhood, though she daydreams of finding love. But Julie's choice of men - even though one of them is the man she hoped to find - is derailed by her strong physical and emotional attraction to her friend Tammy, and their growing relationship. Julie finds that life without love was much simpler than life WITH love, and as more characters enter her life, her emotional conflicts increase. High school memories, indecision, ethical conflicts, and the pressures to conform to society's values while approaching 30 all combine into a turbulent, sexually explicit depiction of a modern-day relationship between two professional women in their 20s.