![]() ![]() 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. If you’ve never read Jodi Picoult, here’s where to start. 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. It seems much more likely that she would feel compelled to confess and repent, as the author explains again and again is the way the Amish are raised to feel. ![]() The story follows a murder on an Amish farm. I distinctly remember the moment I fell in love with Jodi Picoult’s writing. Plain Truth (2001) is the seventh novel written by the American author Jodi Picoult. ![]()
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