![]() ![]() Thirteen-year-old Anna has grown up knowing she was born to be her sister, Kate’s bone marrow donor. Organ donation is a difficult and complicated issue – but Jodi Picoult handles the topic with sensitivity and brilliance. ![]() ![]() In the interim, he was a hired hand for Aaron Fisher, who everyone knew no longer had a son to help him work his dairy farm. If you’ve never read Jodi Picoult, here’s where to start. He’d gone through the eighth grade, and was now in that limbo between being a child and being old enough to be baptized into the Amish faith. Since the publication of her debut novel, Songs of the Humpback Whale in 1992, she has consistently topped charts with her 25 books, earning international acclaim. What’s more, the longevity of her career is incredible. It was the first of many Picoult novels I devoured, drawn to the way she tackles complex issues and never shies away from the depth of human emotion. Hooked on the lyricism, the rich description and the brilliant characters. I was at school and browsing the shelves in my school library when I came across a dog-eared copy of The Pact.įrom the moment I opened that book, I was hooked. I distinctly remember the moment I fell in love with Jodi Picoult’s writing. ![]()
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