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Lone Wolf - Jodi Picoult
Lone Wolf
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A life hanging in the balance . . . a family torn apart. The #1 internationally bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells an unforgettable story about family secrets, love, and letting go. In the wild, when a wolf knows its time is over, when it knows it is of no more use to its pack, it may... show more
A life hanging in the balance . . . a family torn apart. The #1 internationally bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells an unforgettable story about family secrets, love, and letting go. In the wild, when a wolf knows its time is over, when it knows it is of no more use to its pack, it may sometimes choose to slip away. Dying apart from its family, it stays proud and true to its nature. Humans aren’t so lucky. Luke Warren has spent his life researching wolves. He has written about them, studied their habits intensively, and even lived with them for extended periods of time. In many ways, Luke understands wolf dynamics better than those of his own family. His wife, Georgie, has left him, finally giving up on their lonely marriage. His son, Edward, twenty-four, fled six years ago, leaving behind a shattered relationship with his father. Edward understands that some things cannot be fixed, though memories of his domineering father still inflict pain. Then comes a frantic phone call: Luke has been gravely injured in a car accident with Edward’s younger sister, Cara. Suddenly everything changes: Edward must return home to face the father he walked out on at age eighteen. He and Cara have to decide their father’s fate together. Though there’s no easy answer, questions abound: What secrets have Edward and his sister kept from each other? What hidden motives inform their need to let their father die . . . or to try to keep him alive? What would Luke himself want? How can any family member make such a decision in the face of guilt, pain, or both? And most importantly, to what extent have they all forgotten what a wolf never forgets: that each member of a pack needs the others, and that sometimes survival means sacrifice? Another tour de force by Picoult, Lone Wolf brilliantly describes the nature of a family: the love, protection, and strength it can offer—and the price we might have to pay for those gifts. What happens when the hope that should sustain a family is the very thing tearing it apart?
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781439102749 (1439102740)
Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Pages no: 421
Edition language: English
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Sheila's Reads
Sheila's Reads rated it
5.0 LONE WOLF by Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult is an excellent writer but I always hesitate to pick up her books because her subjects are so weighty yet timely. Lone Wolf is the same. It deals with euthanasia. Not a pretty subject, but one that will touch most people at some point. I liked the story. I liked how it was written ...
Wortmagieblog
Wortmagieblog rated it
4.5 Heule mit den Wölfen
Luke Warren liebte die Freiheit. Er rannte und lebte mit Wölfen, erforschte sie. Luke ist der führende Wolfsexperte der USA, eine Koryphäe auf seinem Gebiet, der Millionen von Menschen mit seiner intimen Verbindung zu wilden Wölfen in Erstaunen versetzte. Für seine Familie war dieses Leben schwer zu...
Mike Finn
Mike Finn rated it
5.0 "Lone Wolf" by Jodi Picoult - Excellent novel made even more compelling by audio performance
Despite what many of the reviews and much of the marketing says, I don't see Jodi Picoult as Chic Lit. I see her as straightforward Lit. The gap between her and Barbara Kingsolver seems to me to be more one of style than intent. What they both have in common is the ability to get me inside the heads...
silverneurotic
silverneurotic rated it
3.0 Lone Wolf
From Goodreads: On an icy winter night, a terrible accident forces a family divided to come together and make a fateful decision. Cara, once protected by her father, Luke, is tormented by a secret that nobody knows. Her brother, Edward, has secrets of his own. He has kept them hidden, but now they m...
lacerta
lacerta rated it
5.0 Pół życia
W twórczości Pani Picoult zawsze zachwyca mnie jej znajomość opisywanego tematu. Kolejna wspaniała powieść. Każdą stronę czytało się przyjemnie i lekko. Sięgając po książkę nie sądziłam, że da mi aż tyle do myślenia. Zastanawiałam się jakie będzie zakończenie i bardzo współczułam bohaterom, bo nigdy...
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