Ruth Jefferson est sage-femme depuis plus de vingt ans. C'est une employée modèle. Une collègue accommodante. C'est aussi la seule Afro-américaine de son service. Le jour où un couple de suprémacistes blancs demande à ce qu'on lui interdise tout contact avec leur bébé, Ruth est choquée de voir sa hiérarchie accéder à leur requête. Quand le nourrisson décède quelques jours plus tard, c'est elle qui est pointée du doigt. Accusée de meurtre, Ruth va devoir répondre de ses actes devant la justice. Mais sa couleur de peau ne la condamne-t-elle pas d'avance ?
Quand une prise d'otages a lieu dans la dernière clinique du Mississipi à pratiquer l'avortement, c'est à Hugh McElroy, un négociateur de crise expérimenté, que l'on fait appel. Avec plusieurs blessés nécessitant des soins et un forcené dont les revendications restent floues, la situation s'avère délicate à gérer. Elle le devient encore davantage quand Hugh apprend que sa fille adolescente se trouve à l'intérieur du bâtiment. Après «Mille petits riens», Jodi Picoult poursuit son exploration des tabous de l'Amérique dans un roman palpitant et subtil.
À treize ans, Jenna est bien décidée à retrouver sa mère, disparue quand elle en avait trois. Elle se met à relire le journal de bord de cette scientifique qui étudiait le deuil chez les éléphants et cherche de l'aide : elle s'adjoint ainsi les services d'une voyante qui prétend être en lien avec l'au-delà et de l'inspecteur qui avait suivi l'enquête à l'époque. Un roman aussi émouvant qu'haletant, qui nous fait croire à l'impossible.
N°1 sur la liste des best-sellers du «New York Times». L'auteure de «Mille petits riens» et d'«Une étincelle de vie» livre un roman "puissant" «(The Washington Post)» sur ces choix qui modifient le cours de nos vies. Dawn Edelstein voit sa vie basculer en quelques minutes. Elle est assise à bord d'un avion lorsqu'une annonce retentit dans la cabine : l'appareil doit se poser de toute urgence. Tandis que Dawn se prépare au pire, les pensées virevoltent dans sa tête et contre toute attente, ce n'est pas à son mari qu'elle songe mais à un homme qu'elle n'a pas revu depuis quinze ans... Sortie miraculeusement indemne, elle devra faire face aux questions qu'elle ne s'est jamais réellement posées : à quoi ressemble une vie bien vécue ? Que laissons-nous derrière nous quand nous quittons cette terre ? Faisons-nous des choix... ou bien est-ce nos choix qui font de nous ce que nous sommes ? Et qui serions-nous si nous n'étions pas devenus la personne que nous sommes aujourd'hui ?
Je n'ai jamais dit que je ne me souvenais de rien. J'ai dit que je préférais oublier.
Sage Singer est une jeune femme solitaire. Elle dort le jour et travaille la nuit dans une boulangerie, où elle fait taire sa tristesse en pétrissant le meilleur pain de la ville. Le jour où elle rencontre Josef Weber, un vieil homme attachant, Sage a enfin le sentiment d'avoir trouvé quelqu'un à qui parler. Jusqu'au soir où Josef lui confie le terrible secret qu'il cache depuis soixante ans.
Cette révélation plonge Sage dans les horreurs de la Seconde Guerre mondiale... Et au coeur de son histoire familiale.
Pre-order Jodi Picoult's stunning new novel about life, death, and missed opportunities. 'A writer the world should be reading right now.' Independent Who would you be, if you hadn't turned out to be the person you are now? Dawn is a death doula, and spends her life helping people make the final transition peacefully. But when the plane she's on plummets, she finds herself thinking not of the perfect life she has, but the life she was forced to abandon fifteen years ago - when she left behind a career in Egyptology, and a man she loved. Against the odds, she survives, and the airline offers her a ticket to wherever she needs to get to - but the answer to that question suddenly seems uncertain. As the path of her life forks in two very different directions, Dawn must confront questions she's never truly asked: What does a well-lived life look like? What do we leave behind when we go? And do we make our choices, or do our choices make us? Two possible futures. One impossible choice. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 'It is hard to exaggerate how well Picoult writes .' Financial Times 'Her intelligent, meticulously researched novels explore ethical dilemmas through heartrending, headline-grabbing scenarios.' The Sunday Times 'A matchless talent for hitting emotional notes.' Irish Times
Quand votre fils ne vous regarde jamais dans les yeux... comment savoir s'il est coupable ?
Adolescent atteint du syndrome d'Asperger, Jacob Hunt ne se passionne que pour la criminologie. Lorsqu'un assassinat se produit dans le quartier, il devient le suspect idéal. Enfermé dans sa bulle, Jacob est incapable de se défendre. Sa mère et son frère décident alors de se battre face à l'intolérance et l'incompréhension qui ont toujours menacé leur famille.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the stunning new page-turner from Jodi Picoult. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE [Picoult] offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle. Her many readers will find much to discuss in the pages of this topical, moving book.-- Booklist (starred 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 shes been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and dont want Ruth, who is African American, 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 Kennedys 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 others trust, and come to see that what theyve been taught their whole lives about others--and themselves--might be wrong. With incredible empathy, intelligence, and candor, Jodi Picoult tackles race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion--and doesnt offer easy answers. Small Great Things is a remarkable achievement from a writer at the top of her game. Praise for Small Great Things Small Great Things is the most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written. . . . It will challenge her readers . . . [and] expand our cultural conversation about race and prejudice. -- The Washington Post A novel that puts its finger on the very pulse of the nation that we live in today . . . a fantastic read from beginning to end, as can always be expected from Picoult, this novel maintains a steady, page-turning pace that makes it hard for readers to put down. -- San Francisco Book Review
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. Picoult at her fearless best . . . Timely, balanced and certain to inspire debate.-- The Washington Post The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center--a womens reproductive health services clinic--its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic. But Wren is not alone. She will share the next and tensest few hours of her young life with a cast of unforgettable characters: A nurse who calms her own panic in order to save the life of a wounded woman. A doctor who does his work not in spite of his faith but because of it, and who will find that faith tested as never before. A pro-life protester, disguised as a patient, who now stands in the crosshairs of the same rage she herself has felt. A young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy. And the disturbed individual himself, vowing to be heard. Told in a daring and enthralling narrative structure that counts backward through the hours of the standoff, this is a story that traces its way back to what brought each of these very different individuals to the same place on this fateful day. One of the most fearless writers of our time, Jodi Picoult tackles a complicated issue in this gripping and nuanced novel. How do we balance the rights of pregnant women with the rights of the unborn they carry? What does it mean to be a good parent? A Spark of Light will inspire debate, conversation . . . and, hopefully, understanding. Praise for A Spark of Light This is Jodi Picoult at her best: tackling an emotional hot-button issue and putting a human face on it. -- People Told backward and hour by hour, Jodi Picoults compelling narrative deftly explores controversial social issues. -- Us Weekly
Edward Warren vit en Thaïlande depuis cinq ans. Il a quitté les États-Unis après une violente dispute avec sa famille. Un coup de téléphone vient bouleverser son existence : son père, Luke, éminent spécialiste du comportement des loups, et sa soeur Cara ont eu un grave accident. Luke est dans le coma.
Cara attend un miracle tandis qu'Edward semble impatient de débrancher son père et de donner ses organes. Agit-il par altruisme ou par vengeance ? Sa soeur réussira-telle à l'empêcher de prendre une décision irrévocable ?
In all thirteen years of Anna's life, her parents have never given her a choice: she was born to be her sister Kate's bone marrow donor and she has always given Kate everything she needs. But when Anna is told Kate needs a new kidney, she begins to question how much she should be prepared to do to save the older sibling she has always been defined by. So Anna makes a decision that will change their family forever - perhaps even fatally for the sister she loves.
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THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'An emotional and compelling tale' Sun After a tragic accident which left her deeply scarred, Sage Singer retreated into herself, allowing her guilt to govern her life. When she befriends kindly retired teacher Josef, it seems that life has finally offered her a chance of healing. But the gentle man Sage thinks she knows is in fact hiding a terrible secret. Josef was an SS officer during the Holocaust and now he wishes to die - and he wants Sage to help him. As Joseph begins to reveal his past to her, Sage is horrified. Does this past give her the right to kill him?A compelling tale about the line between justice and mercy from the internationally bestselling author Jodi Picoult. Jodi's brand new novel, A SPARK OF LIGHT is publishing soon and is now available to pre-order!
"Alice Metcalf was a devoted mother, loving wife, and accomplished scientist who studied grief among elephants. Yet it's been a decade since she disappeared under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind her small daughter, husband, and the animals to which she devoted her life. All signs point to abandonment . . . or worse. Still Jenna--now thirteen years old and truly orphaned by a father maddened by grief--steadfastly refuses to believe in her mother's desertion. So she decides to approach the two people who might still be able to help her find Alice: a disgraced psychic named Serenity Jones, and Virgil Stanhope, the cynical detective who first investigated her mother's disappearance and the death of one of her mother's co-workers. Together these three lonely souls will discover truths destined to forever change their lives. Deeply moving and suspenseful, Leaving Time is a radiant exploration of the enduring love between mothers and daughters"--
Pour que justice soit faite Grands Romans « Quand le monstre franchit enfin le seuil, il portait un masque. Elle le dévisagea longuement, ébahie que personne d'autre ne puisse le percer à jour. C'était votre voisin en train d'arroser son forsythia. L'étranger qui vous sourit dans l'ascenseur. Le brave type qui prend un enfant par la main pour l'aider à traverser la rue. » Nina est substitut du procureur et s'occupe quotidiennement des pires crimes de son comté. Quand le petit Nathaniel, son propre fils, perd l'usage de la parole du jour au lendemain, elle comprend vite la vérité et pressent le cauchemar dans lequel sa famille va être plongée. Son fils a été victime de sévices sexuels, et Nina, mieux que personne, sait que les coupables ne sont pas toujours punis. Alors, a-t-on le droit de se faire justice soi-même ? Un roman palpitant qui pose un problème de conscience aux personnages et à chacun d'entre nous.
La famille Stone respire le bonheur : Daniel, le père est artiste, Laura, son épouse, est une brillante professeur et leur fille Trixie, est épanouie et amoureuse. Tout bascule lorsque le petit ami de cette dernière est retrouvé assassiné. Elle apparaît comme la première suspecte. Complexité des liens familiaux, richesse de l'intrigue, tension psychologique sont les ingrédients de ce roman.
Emily et Chris sont issus de familles amies, les Harte et les Gold, et sont très amoureux. Mais Emily éprouve une souffrance insoutenable et décide de se suicider. Incapable de le faire elle-même, elle conclut avec Chris un pacte qui devrait les tuer tous les deux. Mais seule Emily meurt et Chris est accusé de meurtre. Les deux familles commencent à se déchirer...
