Jodi Picoult Libri

Sterling è una tranquilla cittadina americana dello New Hampshire dove non succede mai nulla, fino a quando accade l’impensabile: un ragazzo di diciassette anni, Peter Houghton compie una strage di studenti nel suo stesso college. Cerca a sua volta di uccidersi, ma la polizia riesce a impedirlo e lo arresta. Con il «mostro» sbattuto in prima pagina e in prigione, l’intera comunità – genitori, amici, fidanzati, conoscenti delle vittime – straziata, fatica a fare i conti con una realtà peggiore di un incubo: vite stroncate, altre storpiate, deturpate per sempre. Per ironia della sorte, tra i feriti c’è anche Josie Cormier, testimone chiave e figlia del giudice incaricata del processo. E fra i professori del college c’è il padre di Peter, che da bambino era amico di Josie. Ciascuna delle persone coinvolte tenta, fra passato e presente, di comprendere i perché di ciò che è successo in un dialogo a più voci intenso e spiazzante perché fa capire come la realtà sia perversamente complessa, come gli studenti modello possano rivelarsi degli aguzzini e come i mostri possano rivelarsi vittime disperate, in un’età in cui quanto è maggiore il bisogno di amore e comprensione, tanto minore è la capacità di mostrarlo, un’età in cui le insicurezze spingono al conformismo che non tollera diversità.

"Fino a quella telefonata alle tre del mattino di una giornata di novembre, i Gold e i loro vicini di casa, gli Harte, sono sempre stati inseparabili. Per ben diciotto anni. Non è stata una sorpresa per nessuno, dunque, quando i loro figli adolescenti, Chris ed Emily, da semplici amici sono diventati qualcosa di più. Ma adesso la diciassettenne Emily è morta - uccisa da un colpo di pistola alla testa sparatole da Chris, in un apparente patto suicida lasciando le due famiglie devastate e alla disperata ricerca di risposte su un gesto inimmaginabile, di due figli che forse non conoscevano bene come credevano. È rimasta una sola pallottola nella pistola che Chris ha preso dall'armadio del padre, una pallottola che secondo la sua versione era destinata a se stesso. Cos'è successo veramente? Un detective della polizia del luogo nutre più di un dubbio sul patto suicida descritto dal ragazzo e inizia un'indagine." -- publisher's or bookseller's website

Jacob Hunt è un adolescente autistico. Non sa interpretare i comportamenti e i gesti degli altri e gli altri non capiscono i suoi. Come molti ragazzi affetti dalla sindrome di Asperger, Jacob ha degli interessi spiccati, anzi ossessivi: la sua passione sono i casi giudiziari e, più di una volta, si è presentato sulla scena di un crimine per offrire il suo aiuto – spesso risolutivo – alla polizia. Il fratello minore Theo, invece, è un tipo del tutto diverso, cioè... normale. Fin da piccolo, però, ha dovuto confrontarsi con le stranezze di Jacob e anche lui ha finito per sviluppare una personale ossessione: spiare le case degli altri, quelle delle famiglie diverse dalla sua, quelle normali, che a lui sembrano più felici. La sua gli sembra una famiglia con una vita troppo complicata, che diventa addirittura impossibile quando accade un fatto terribile: l’insegnante di sostegno di Jacob viene ritrovata uccisa, sul corpo segni di violenza. Molti indizi sembrano condurre a Jacob, che finisce in tribunale, dove, inevitabilmente, tutti i segni della sua sindrome – l’incapacità di guardare negli occhi, i suoi tic, i suoi gesti compulsivi – vengono interpretati come indizi di colpevolezza. Ma che cosa è successo davvero quel giorno?

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!

Includes bonus material, a new foreword by the author, and a discussion guide.

"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.

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'Emotional and enlightening' WOMAN & HOME 'The twist halfway through is a jaw-to-the-floor moment' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'A perfect choice for your book clubs' PRIMA Olivia fled her abusive marriage to return to her hometown and take over the family beekeeping business when her son Asher was six. Now, impossibly, her baby is six feet tall and in his last year of high school, a kind, good-looking, popular ice hockey star with a tiny sprite of a new girlfriend. Lily also knows what it feels like to start over - when she and her mother relocated to New Hampshire it was all about a fresh start. She and Asher couldn't help falling for each other, and Lily feels happy for the first time. But can she trust him completely? Then Olivia gets a phone call - Lily is dead, and Asher is arrested on a charge of murder. As the case against him unfolds, she realises he has hidden more than he's shared with her. And Olivia knows firsthand that the secrets we keep reflect the past we want to leave behind - and that we rarely know the people we love well as we think we do.

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?

Alice Metcalf was a devoted mother, loving wife, and accomplished scientist. Yet it's been a decade since she disappeared under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind her small daughter and husband. 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.