- Divorced people, Frozen human embryos, Human reproductive technology, Religious aspects
A stillborn baby ends Max and Zoe's marriage. Max leaves Zoe and turns to drinking. Zoe falls in love with a female school counselor, Vanessa. Max finds help for his drinking problem through his brother's church. Vanessa and Zoe get married. Vanessa offers to carry one of Zoe and Max's fertilized embryos. Zoe goes to Max to get permission to release the embryos to her but Max's new found religious fervor leads him to sue Zoe for custody.
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Contemporary, grave, spare and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Jodi Picoult
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 466
- Publisher
- Atria, Atria Books, Simon & Schuster, Inc.
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781439102725
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Jodi Picoult is the author of twenty-four novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Small Great Things, Leaving Time, The Storyteller, Lone Wolf, Between the Lines, Sing You Home, House Rules, Handle with Care, Change of Heart, Nineteen Minutes, and My Sister’s Keeper. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children.
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