3 1/2 stars. I've gotten tired of Anderson's inevitable "fragile woman rescued by perfect man" formula, but her older books seem to offer more nuanced and balanced versions. This story about a widow suffering the aftereffects of an unspeakable marriage features some surprises, a worthy hero who none...
Are the parents in this family free spirits, criminally negligent, or mentally ill? A case could be made for any of these three labels. The story is bearable to read only because we know the author survived to adulthood to become a successful writer and write the book being read. Nevertheless, it...
Jodi Picoult has the unique ability of selecting a perplexing dilemma surrounded by a controversial issue, then carefully crafting a fictional plot around that, then proceeding to explore the inner feelings and motivations of the multiple characters, and then in the end probing the recesses of the h...
The angst of the mother-daughter relationship is thoroughly examined in this novel through the telling the story of a family in a time of crisis. The reader is informed at the very beginning of the story that the daughter was the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed another young girl. The m...
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