Jodi Picoult Livres

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.

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.

La vie de Diana est sur des rails : elle a le petit ami idéal et le job de ses rêves chez Sotheby's. À bientôt trente ans, il ne lui manque plus que la bague au doigt, et elle est presque sûre que Finn va faire sa demande pendant leur escapade aux Galápagos. Mais, réquisitionné à l'hôpital en ce début 2020, il doit rester à New York et insiste pour qu'elle profite de ce paradis sans lui. C'est donc à contrecœur qu'elle part - et rien ne se passe comme prévu : bagage perdu, hôtel fermé, wifi inexistant, elle se retrouve coupée du monde et doit sortir de sa zone de confort. De rencontres en introspection, Diana pourrait bien réaliser que sa vie et son bonheur ne sont pas là où elle le croyait...[4ème de couverture]

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!

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 an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens - until the day its complacency is shattered by an act of violence. Josie Cormier, the teenage daughter of the judge sitting on the case, should be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened before her very own eyes - or can she? As the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show - destroying the closest of friendships and families."--Page 4 cover

Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. Anna was brought into the world as a bone marrow match for Kate - a life and a role that she has never questioned ... until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms if her sister; and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves. My Sister's Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life ... even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Should you follow your own heart, or let others lead you? What happens when emotions catches up to scientific advances? Jodi Picoult is known for her penetrating insight into the hearts and mind of real people, and as in her previous novels, she tackles a controversial real-life subject with grace, wisdom and sensitivity.

A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind. Olivia McAfee knows the pain of starting over after her seemingly perfect life in Boston is shattered by her husband's darker side. She finds herself back in her quiet New Hampshire hometown, taking over her father’s beekeeping business and raising her son, Asher. Lily Campanello also seeks a fresh start when she and her mother move to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school. Their paths intertwine when Asher falls for Lily, who experiences happiness for the first time. However, doubts about trust linger. Tragedy strikes when Olivia receives a call about Lily's death, with Asher being questioned by the police. Olivia believes in her son’s innocence but struggles with the echoes of his father's temper in Ash. As the investigation unfolds, she realizes he has kept secrets from her. This riveting tale weaves suspense with an unforgettable love story, exploring the depths of 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?