- Women, Fiction, Literature, Mystery fiction
Jodi Picoult earned rave notices for her debut novel, Songs of the Humpback Whale. Now this gifted young writer turns her considerable literary talents to the story of a young woman overcome by the demands of having a family.
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Earnest, classical in form, contemporary and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Jodi Picoult
- First published
- 1993
- Pages
- 453
- Publisher
- Penguin USA, Inc., Demco Media, Viking
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140230277
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“Nicholas won't let me into my own house, but I have been watching my family from a distance.”
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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