Jodi Picoult

Luke Warren would have slept in the dirt if it meant he could be under the stars. He lives by the laws of nature, and would surely want to die that way. But Luke is in a coma, and his family must make an unbearable decision. As tensions and secrets rise to the surface, the tragic accident which brought them back together against the odds could well tear Lukes family apart forever. They know Luke would not want to live like this. But how can they choose to let him die?

Sage Singer has a past that makes her want to hide from the world. Sleeping by day and working in a bakery by night, she kneads her emotion into the beautiful bread she bakes. But when she strikes up an unlikely friendship with Josef Weber, a quiet man old enough to be her grandfather, and respected pillar of the community, she feels that finally, she may have found someone she can open up to. Until Josef tells her the evil secret he''s kept for sixty years. Caught between Josef''s search for redemption and her shattered illusions, Sage turns to her family history and her own life for answers. As she uncovers the truth from the darkest horrors of war, she must follow a twisting trail between betrayal and forgiveness, love and revenge. And ask herself the most difficult question she has ever faced - can murder ever be justice? Or mercy?

Als Page den Medizinstudenten Nicholas kennenlernt, ist es die ganz große Liebe. Die junge Frau fühlt sich endlich angenommen und die Beziehung zu Nicholas gibt Page die nötige Geborgenheit. Ihre Mutter hatte sie im Alter von fünf Jahren verlassen, was eine tiefe Verletzung hinterließ. Die Geburt ihres Sohnes weckt in Page jedoch die alten Ängste: Kann sie überhaupt eine gute Mutter sein? Sie fühlt sich gezwungen, ihre eigenen Wünsche komplett zurückzustellen. Emotional und physisch völlig erschöpft und unfähig, sich ihrem Mann mitzuteilen, verlässt sie schließlich ihn und das Baby, um nach ihrer Mutter zu suchen, in der Hoffnung, bei ihr die Antworten auf ihr Leben zu finden

An astonishing novel about redemption and forgiveness from #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Picoult. Sage Singer becomes friends with an old man who's par.Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Jodi Picoult is a number one bestseller and CHANGE OF HEART is her new thought-provoking and highly topical novel. June's second daughter is dying without the new heart she so urgently needs. And her first daughter, along with her first husband, is dead, killed by Shay Bourne. The crime was so heinous that Shay has been given the death penalty. However, he is looking for redemption and wants to give June's daughter his heart .Your daughter will die without a heart transplant. The man who killed your husband and other daughter wants to give her his. What would you do?

As an assistant district attorney, Nina Frost prosecutes the sort of crimes that tear families apart. But when Nina and her husband discover that their five-year-old son Nathaniel has been sexually abused, it is her own family that is devastated. The world Nina inhabits now seems different from the one she lived in yesterday; the lines between family and professional life are erased; and answers to questions she thought she knew are no longer easy to find. Overcome by anger and desperate for vengeance, Nina ignites a battle that may cause her to lose the very thing shes fighting for. Reviews''Jodi Picoult is not one to shy away from fictional controversy; in fact, the more tangled and messy a moral dilemma appears, the better she likes it. Daily Mail ''Picoult has been incredibly successful in dissecting the pain that family members go through when faced with sensitive and emotive issues'' Daily Express ''Picoult, once again, grabs a razor-sharp issue and uses her brilliantly intricate pen to expose all the shades of grey with PERFECTION.'' Cosmopolitan

Description: How far would you go to take care of someone you love? The heartbreaking new bestseller from number one author Jodi Picoult Synopsis: Charlotte O''Keefe''s beautiful, much-longed-for, adored daughter Willow is born with osteogenesis imperfecta - a very severe form of brittle bone disease. If she slips on a crisp packet she could break both her legs, and spend six months in a half body cast. After years of caring for Willow, her family faces financial disaster. Then Charlotte is offered a lifeline. She could sue her obsetrician for wrongful birth - for not having diagnosed Willow''s condition early enough in the pregnancy to be able to abort the child. The payout could secure Willow''s future. But to get it would mean Charlotte suing her best friend. And standing up in court to declare that she would have prefered that Willow had never been born...

Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger's syndrome. He's hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. But he has a special focus on one subject_forensic analysis. A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he's always showing up and telling the cops what to do. And he's usually right.

Jacob Hunt is a teenager: brilliant at maths, wicked sense of humour, extraordinarily organised, hopeless at reading social cues And Jacob has Asperger's He is locked in his own world _ aware of the world outside, and wanting to make a connection Jacob tries to be like everyone else, but doesn't know how...

Ruth Jefferson est sage-femme depuis plus de vingt ans. C'est une employée modèle. Une collègue accommodante. C'est aussi la seule afro-américaine de son service. Le jour où un couple de suprémacistes blancs demande a ce qu'on lui interdise tout contact avec leur bébé, Ruth est choquée de voir sa hiérarchie accéder a leur requête. Quand le nourrisson décède quelques jours plus tard, c'est elle qui est pointée du doigt. Accusée de meurtre, Ruth va devoir répondre de ses actes devant la justice. Mais sa couleur de peau ne la condamne-t-elle pas d'avance ?

The beautiful debut novel by international bestselling author Jodi Picoult. The first time Jane Jones tried to leave her husband, her daughter almost got killed. This time, she's going to do it right. Taking Rebecca with her, Jane seeks the only place of safety she knows. But Rebecca isn't a little girl any longer, and there are some things Jane cannot save her from, however far she runs

With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the stunning new page-turner from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult. [Picoult] offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle. Her many readers will find much to discuss in the pages of this topical, moving book.Booklist (starred review) Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that shes been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and dont want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene? Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a result, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white public defender, takes her case but gives unexpected advice: Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedys counsel, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible for her familyespecially her teenage sonas the case becomes a media sensation. As the trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy must gain each others trust, and come to see that what theyve been taught their whole lives about othersand themselvesmight be wrong. With incredible empathy, intelligence, and candor, Jodi Picoult tackles race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassionand doesnt offer easy answers. Small Great Things is a remarkable achievement from a writer at the top of her game. Praise for Jodi Picoults Leaving Time A riveting drama.Us Weekly [A] moving tale.People A fast-paced, surprise-ending mystery.USA Today Poignant . . . an entertaining story about parental love, friendship, loss.The Washington Post From the Hardcover edition.

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The stunning and urgent new novel from the Number One bestselling author of Small Great Things. 'An apposite and nuanced novel... Picoult writes about an emotive, controversial issue with unflinching precision.' Red The Center for women's reproductive health offers a last chance at hope - but nobody ends up there by choice. Its very existence is controversial, and to the demonstrators who barricade the building every day, the service it offers is no different from legalised murder. Now life and death decisions are being made horrifyingly real: a lone protester with a gun has taken the staff, patients and visitors hostage. Starting at the tensest moment in the negotiations for their release, A Spark of Light unravels backwards, revealing hour by urgent hour what brought each of these people - the gunman, the negotiator, the doctors, nurses and women who have come to them for treatment - to this point. And certainties unwind as truths and secrets are peeled away, revealing the complexity of balancing the right to life with the right to choose.

Charlotte OKeefes daughter Willow is born with a very severe form of brittle bone disease. Willow will have hundreds of breaks over the course of a lifetime. After years of caring for Willow, the family is close to financial ruin, so Charlotte files a wrongful birth suit against her doctor who is also her best friend for the monetary payouts which might ensure a lifetime of care for Willow. To go through with the case she has to say in public that she would have terminated the pregnancy if shed known about the disability in advance. How far would you go to take care of someone you love? And would you admit to yourself that you might not actually be lying? Reviews''Jodi Picoult is not one to shy away from fictional controversy; in fact, the more tangled and messy a moral dilemma appears, the better she likes it. Daily Mail ''Impossible to put down and stayed in my mind long after I had finished'' Observer ''Superb, many-stranded, and grimly topical'' The Times ''Picoult has an uncanny knack of dreaming up moral dilemmas that you cannot ignore: you must know the resolution . . . A challenging and clever read'' Sunday Express ''Dark, serious books that explore family relationships and scary moral dilemmas involving religion, crime and politics'' Heat

Now a major film. Sara Fitzgerald''s daughter Kate is just two years old when she is diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia. Reeling with the helpless shock of it, Sara knows she will do anything -- whatever it takes - to save her child. Then the tests results come back time and again to show that no one in their family is a match for Kate. If they are to find a donor for the crucial bone marrow transplant she needs, there is only one option: creating another baby, specifically designed to save her sister. For Sara, it seems the ideal solution. Not only does Kate live, but she gets a beautiful new daughter, Anna, too. Until the moment Anna hands Sara the papers that will rock her whole world. Because, aged thirteen, Anna has decided that she doesn''t want to help Kate live any more. She is suing her parents for the rights to her own body.