NEW YORK — Bibliotheca Alexandrina has accepted The Silence Between Two Heartbeats for collection processing, moving the family memoir into the Alexandria library’s formal gift-handling process.
Written from a father’s perspective, the book recounts his daughter’s birth complications, early seizures, diagnosis of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and time in a neonatal intensive care unit. Its focus on family experience gives the memoir a clear connection to readers exploring childhood health, caregiving and the human dimensions of hospital care.
The library provided a deed-of-gift form and shipment requirements as part of the process. The placement is described here as accepted and entering the institution’s formal handling process; no cataloging date is stated.