Jenna avait trois ans quand a inexplicablement disparu sa mère Alice, scientifique et grande voyageuse, spécialiste des éléphants et de leurs rituels de deuil. Dix années ont passé, la jeune fille refuse de croire qu'elle ait pu être tout simplement abandonnée. Alors elle rouvre le dossier, déchiffre le journal de bord que tenait sa mère, et recrute deux acolytes pour l'aider dans sa quête : Serenity, voyante extralucide qui se prétend en contact avec l'au-delà ; et Virgil, l'inspecteur passablement alcoolique qui avait suivi - et enterré - l'affaire à l'époque. Habilement construit et très documenté, La Tristesse des éléphants est un page-turner subtil sur l'amour filial, l'amitié et la perte. Savant dosage de mystery, de romance et de surnaturel, ce nouveau roman de Jodi Picoult captive, émeut et surprend jusqu'à son finale aussi haletant qu'inattendu.
Jodi Picoult Livres
Jodi Picoult est une auteure dont les œuvres plongent profondément dans des dilemmes éthiques et moraux complexes. À travers ses récits captivants, elle explore des questions controversées avec empathie et urgence. Sa capacité à présenter de multiples points de vue et à susciter une réflexion approfondie en fait une conteuse contemporaine significative. Les lecteurs peuvent s'attendre à des œuvres qui laissent une impression durable.







Une étincelle de vie
- 480pages
- 17 heures de lecture
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.
Small great things
- 509pages
- 18 heures de lecture
When a newborn baby dies after a routine hospital procedure, there is no doubt about who will be held responsible: the nurse who had been banned from looking after him by his father. What the nurse, her lawyer and the father of the child cannot know is how this death will irrevocably change all of their lives, in ways both expected and not. Small Great Things is about prejudice and power; it is about that which divides and unites us. It is about opening your eyes.
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!
Outsiders
- 187pages
- 7 heures de lecture
1966. Tucsa, Oklahoma. Deux bandes rivales, les Socs - la jeunesse dorée de la ville - et les Greasers - sortes de blousons noirs aux cheveux gominés -, se livrent une guerre sans merci. Ponyboy Curtis, quatorze ans, est un Greaser. Il traîne dans les rues avec ses copains qui, comme lui, sont des loubards. Mais le meurtre d'un Soc bouleverse brutalement sa vie insouciante, le mettant hors la loi. Au fil d'événements dramatiques, le jeune garçon va devenir adulte et faire l'apprentissage de l'amour et de la mort.
Sterling is a small, ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens - until a student enters the local high school with an arsenal of guns and starts shooting, changing the lives of everyone inside and out. The daughter of the judge sitting on the case is the state's best witness - but she can't remember what happened in front of her own eyes. Or can she?
My sister's keeper
- 432pages
- 16 heures de lecture
"A major decision about me is being made, and no one's bothered to ask the one person who most deserves it to speak her opinion." The only reason Anna was born was to donate her cord blood cells to her older sister. And though Anna is not sick, she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since she was a child. Anna was born for this purpose, her parents tell her, which is why they love her even more. But now that she has reached an age of physical awareness, she can't help but long for control over her own body and respite from the constant flow of her own blood seeping into her sister's veins. And so she makes a decision that for most would be too difficult to bear, at any time and at any age. She decides to sue her parents for the rights to her own body.
A soul-stirring novel about the choices we make regarding our past, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here and She's Not There. Olivia McAfee knows the pain of starting over. Her seemingly perfect life in Boston with her husband, a brilliant surgeon, and their son, Asher, is shattered when her husband reveals a darker side. She finds herself back in her quiet New Hampshire hometown, taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello also seeks a fresh start when she and her mom move to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school. Their new beginnings bring hope, and their lives intertwine when Asher falls for Lily. For the first time, Lily feels happiness, but doubts about trust linger. Tragedy strikes when Olivia receives a call about Lily's death, and Asher becomes a suspect. Olivia believes in her son's innocence but can't ignore the troubling traits he shares with his father. As the investigation unfolds, she realizes Asher has hidden more than he revealed. This riveting novel combines suspense with an unforgettable love story, exploring the secrets we keep and the risks we take to discover our true selves.
When Willow is born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta, her parents are devastated--she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, a lifetime of pain. Every expectant parent will tell you that they don't want a perfect baby, just a healthy one. Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe would have asked for a healthy baby, too, if they'd been given the choice. Instead, their lives are made up of sleepless nights, mounting bills, the pitying stares of "luckier" parents, and maybe worst of all, the what-ifs. What if their child had been born healthy? But it's all worth it because Willow is, funny as it seems, perfect. She's smart as a whip, on her way to being as pretty as her mother, kind, brave, and for a five-year-old an unexpectedly deep source of wisdom. Willow is Willow, in sickness and in health. Everything changes, though, after a series of events forces Charlotte and her husband to confront the most serious what-ifs of all. What if Charlotte had known earlier of Willow's illness? What if things could have been different? What if their beloved Willow had never been born? To do Willow justice, Charlotte must ask herself these questions and one more. What constitutes a valuable life?
From Jodi Picoult, one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction, comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish -- and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence. Until the phone calls came at 3:00 A.M. on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of lifelong friends. But now seventeen-year-old Emily has been shot to death by her beloved and devoted Chris as part of an apparent suicide pact -- leaving two devastated families stranded in the dark and dense predawn, desperate for answers about an unthinkable act and the children they never really knew.



