- Accident victims, Fiction, Terminal care, Decision making
Edward Warren is a prodigal son who left home after a fight with his father, Luke. Now Luke lies comatose in hospital. With Luke's chances for recovery dwindling, Edward's sister wants to wait for a miracle. But Edward wants to terminate life support and donate his father's organs. Is he motivated by altruism, or revenge?
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Contemporary, spare, grave and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Jodi Picoult
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 369
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, Washington Square Press, Hodder & Stoughton
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781444729009
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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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