Small Great Things - Softcover

Small Great Things

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 470 pages. This stunning new novel is Jodi Picoult at her finest--complete with unflinch ing insights, richly layered characters, and a page-turning plot with a gripping moral dilemma at its heart. Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a C onnecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, R uth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later t hat she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospita l complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac dist ress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she interv ene? Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a result, is charged with a se rious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white public defender, takes her case but give s unexpected advice: Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is no t a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy's counsel, Ruth tries to keep life a s normal as possible for her family--especially her teenage son--as the case bec omes a media sensation. As the trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy must gain e ach other's trust, and come to see that what they've been taught their whole liv es about others--and themselves--might be wrong. With incredible empathy, intell igence, and candor, Jodi Picoult tackles race, privilege, prejudice, justice, an d compassion--and doesn't offer easy answers. Small Great Things is a remarkable achievement from a writer at the top of her game. Praise for Jodi Picoult's Lea ving Time A riveting drama.--Us Weekly [A] moving tale.--People A fast-paced, su rprise-ending mystery.--USA Today Poignant. an entertaining story about parental. Artikel-Nr. 2103i

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