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Hodder & Stoughton Harvesting the Heart
Book SynopsisTHE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ''Picoult has an uncanny knack of dreaming up moral dilemmas that you cannot ignore: you must know the resolution'' Sunday ExpressPaige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who abandoned her when she was five. Now, having left home for art school and marriage to an ambitious young doctor, she finds herself with a child of her own. But Paige cannot forget her mother''s absence or the shameful memories from her own past, and running away is in her blood. Emotionally exhausted, overwhelmed by the demands of her family, she knows that this time, if she runs, she must leave behind her newborn child - but could it be possible Paige''s baby would be better off without her?Exploring motherhood, absence and the legacy it leaves, this is an unputdownable story from bestselling Jodi Picoult.MAD HONEY, the stunning and compelling Sunday Times bestseller by Jodi Picoult and JenniferTrade ReviewJodi Picoult explores the fragile ground of ambivalent motherhood in this lush second novel * New York Times *Jodi Picoult explores the fragile ground of ambivalent motherhood in this lush second novel * New York Times *Picoult is at her best when she is writing about motherhood * New York Daily News *Picoult is at her best when she is writing about motherhood * New York Daily News *
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Penguin Books Ltd Harvesting the Heart
Book SynopsisFrom the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Small Great Things and Mad Honey, a novel exploring the story of a young woman overcome by the demands of having a family.Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who abandoned her at five years old. Now, having left her father behind in Chicago for dreams of art school and marriage to an ambitious young doctor, she finds herself with a child of her own. But her mother's absence and shameful memories of her past force her to doubt whether she could ever be capable of bringing joy and meaning into the life of her child, gifts her own mother never gave.Harvesting the Heart is written with astonishing clarity and evocative detail, convincing in its depiction of emotional pain, love, and vulnerability, and recalls the writing of Alice Hoffman and Kristin Hannah. Out of Paige's struggle to find wholeness, Jodi Picoult crafts an absorbing novel peopled by richly drawnTrade Review"Picoult writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships." -The Boston Globe "Picoult has become a master-almost a clairvoyant-at targeting hot issues and writing highly readable page-turners about them . . . It is impossible not to be held spellbound by the way she forces us to think, hard, about right and wrong." -The Washington Post
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