The Crushed Heart

De: A. A. Randazzo

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Who is the man whose life she saved?
When a crushed metal heart arrives in the mail—no note, no return address—retired schoolteacher Anna is pulled into a haunting mystery that bridges love, memory, and time itself.
The trinket is one she hadn’t seen in decades — a cheap little heart engraved with the nickname he’d given her, Angela. It was a gift from a young man she’d briefly dated before he was drafted to fight in Vietnam. He’d taken it with him for luck. She never heard from him again.
Now, years later, Anna can’t remember his full name—only that he came from a town called Sloan. But that night, as she drifts toward sleep, he appears to her. His voice is familiar, teasing, tender. Each time he returns, his presence feels more real, more alive.
Driven by a longing she can’t explain, Anna sets out to uncover the truth—traveling from her quiet California home to the wintry streets of Buffalo, and into the memories of men who fought and never truly came back. Is Sloan a ghost, a figment of her fading memory, or something far more mysterious?
As Anna retraces the steps of the past, she learns that the heart she once gave away may have saved a soldier’s life—and that some love stories don’t end with goodbye.
Inspired by a true event in the author’s life, The Crushed Heart is a moving tale of romance, memory, and the eternal bond between two souls separated by war and time. Anna learns that honoring the past can heal the present—and that some stories, though long forgotten, deserve to be remembered.