In a Heartbeat

Sixteen-year-old Olympic hopeful figure skater Eagan is off on her jump by less than an inch, but that inch proves to be a fatal one. As fourteen-year-old Amelia doodles on her sketchpad that same afternoon, a beeper goes off signaling the end of a long wait and a new beginning. Told in alternating views, In a Heartbeat goes to the heart of the matter as the death of one young girl becomes a lifesaving event for another. As shy Amelia recovers from surgery, she begins to notice changes in herself. Suddenly she’s interested in figure skating and can’t seem to stop mouthing off to her mother. With a little research and a lot of uncanny intuition, she finds Eagan’s family and is compelled to visit them. Did Eagan send her there to resolve the tenuous relationship she shared with her mother, or is Amelia looking for acceptance and closure in order to begin her new life?