A Heart to Serve: The Passion to Bring Health, Hope, and Healing

by Bill Frist

Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist shares his unique experience as a heart transplant surgeon and U.S. senator inspiring people to make a difference wherever they are and whatever position they are in by helping others, risking failure, challenging the status quo, and above all, having a heart to serve. One of the brightest and most forward-thinking senators, Frist tackles controversial issues to offer feasible solutions. His simple philosophy for peace, for example, is service. "People don't usually go to war against someone who helped save their children," Frist writes. "While the world often sees America's tougher side ... when people see America's more compassionate, humanitarian side, the barriers come down, and peace becomes a viable possibility." With heartfelt love for family and country, warmhearted humor, and a doctor's comforting tones, Frist writes openly about the values and experiences that shaped his life, and challenges and inspires everyone to find a place where they, too, can make a difference.

Genres: Politics

368 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2008

Reviews

[Naomi · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are looking for a political book by Bill Frist, this isn't it. This book (and probably why it recieved such high marks from me) focuses on his work as a surgeon going to 3rd world countries to work as part of a group providing medical services. It was fascinating to look at that side of him versus the political side.

[Paige · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written biography about this amazing man. Wish there were more great men like him today.