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Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult

By Jodi Picoult

Release Date: 2016-10-11

Genre: Fiction & Literature

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In “the most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written” (The Washington Post), the acclaimed author tackles race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion—and doesn’t offer easy answers.

“A gripping courtroom drama . . . Given the current political climate it is quite prescient and worthwhile. . . . This is a writer who understands her characters inside and out.”—Roxane Gay, The New York Times Book Review

Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she’s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don’t want Ruth, who is Black, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?

Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a result, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white public defender, takes her case but gives unexpected advice: Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy’s counsel, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible for her family—especially her teenage son—as the case becomes a media sensation. As the trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy must gain each other’s trust, and come to see that what they’ve been taught their whole lives about others—and themselves—might be wrong.

Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult

By Jodi Picoult

Release Date: 2016-10-11

Genre: Fiction & Literature

4.5 (3,861 ratings)
Read Download
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In “the most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written” (The Washington Post), the acclaimed author tackles race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion—and doesn’t offer easy answers.

“A gripping courtroom drama . . . Given the current political climate it is quite prescient and worthwhile. . . . This is a writer who understands her characters inside and out.”—Roxane Gay, The New York Times Book Review

Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she’s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don’t want Ruth, who is Black, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?

Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a result, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white public defender, takes her case but gives unexpected advice: Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy’s counsel, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible for her family—especially her teenage son—as the case becomes a media sensation. As the trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy must gain each other’s trust, and come to see that what they’ve been taught their whole lives about others—and themselves—might be wrong.

More by Jodi Picoult

Where There's Smoke: A Short Story

Small Great Things

The Storyteller

The Pact

Leaving Time (with bonus novella Larger Than Life)

Mad Honey: A GMA Book Club Pick

Sing You Home

Nineteen Minutes

Lone Wolf

Wish You Were Here

Plain Truth

A Spark of Light

House Rules

Larger Than Life (Novella)

My Sister's Keeper

Salem Falls

Keeping Faith

Picture Perfect

The Book of Two Ways

Handle with Care

Harvesting the Heart

By Any Other Name

Mercy

Change of Heart

Perfect Match

Vanishing Acts

The Tenth Circle

Second Glance

Songs of the Humpback Whale

Between the Lines

Shine (Short Story)

Off the Page

Hollow Bones

The Jodi Picoult Collection #1

Over the Moon

The Jodi Picoult Collection #3

Por la vida de mi hermana (My Sister's Keeper)

The Jodi Picoult Collection #4

The Jodi Picoult Collection #2

Diecinueve minutos (Nineteen Minutes

Wonder Woman (2006-2011) #6

Las normas de la casa

Hora de partir

Wonder Woman (2006-2011) #8

Wonder Woman (2006-2011) #10

Serenitys Gabe

Wonder Woman (2006-2011) #7

Wonder Woman (2006-2011) #9

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