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Change of Heart
by Picoult, Jodi
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very good. Light reading wear includes spine crease.
- ISBN 10
- 0743496752
- ISBN 13
- 9780743496759
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York.: Washington Square Press., 2008. 2nd printing.. Trade paperback. Very good. Light reading wear includes spine crease.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 480 p. W.S.P. Readers Club. Audience: General/trade. Jodi Picoult dives headlong into a contemporary American Studies issue, then thoroughly and meticulously and intelligently weaves well-constructed characters, controversies, questions and resolutions building a work of fiction that challenges who each of us is becoming. This novel is complex. Its central character is a man who is arrested at the scene of a home where he had been working on carpentry projects. An elementary age girl, her police officer step-father have been shot dead. Shay Bourne, the suspect is found guilty at trial, and is the first over years in New Hampshire to face the death penalty. Other characters: the mother and wife of the victims, her young teen daughter birthed after the incident with a congenital heart challenge, a young priest who is spiritual advisor to Bourne, a prison cell neighbor, and an ACLU attorney. Eleven years have passed. Readers are introduced to these lives, and ride with them through an evolving and emotional religious exploration. Bourne wants his organs to be donated. The young girl needs a heart. The court order for lethal injection would nullify organ donation. Details of these characters lives, past and present inform as the events advance. Other key players impact the storyline. "Change of Heart" raises many questions as Picoult lays out the interweaving, without herself being judgmental or insistent. We come away from her novels always better informed and likely more thoughtful about her themes.
Synopsis
A spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and a criminal's last chance at finding salvation from the bestselling author of Nineteen Minutes.One day June Nealon was happily anticipating a lifetime of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for justice. Waiting for a miracle to happen.For Shay Bourne, life holds no more surprises. The world has given him nothing, and he has nothing to offer the world. In a heartbeat, though, something happens one day that changes everything for him. Now he has one last chance for salvation, and it lies with June's twelve-year-old daughter, Claire. But between Shay and Claire stretches an ocean of bitter regrets, past crimes and the rage of a mother who has lost her child.Would you give up your vengeance against someone you hate, if it meant saving someone you love? Would you want your dreams to come true, if it meant granting your enemy's dying wish?Once again, Jodi Picoult mesmerises and enthralls readers with a story of justice, love and redemption.
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- Bookseller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.F6390010318
- Title
- Change of Heart
- Author
- Picoult, Jodi
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good. Light reading wear includes spine crease.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd printing.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0743496752
- ISBN 13
- 9780743496759
- Publisher
- Washington Square Press.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Gnosticism, Catholicism, Judaism|ACLU|American studies|Death Penalty|Spiritualism|Prison Life
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.
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