Small Great Things: A Novel by Jodi Picoult | Book Summary |
In her highly-anticipated new novel, Small Great Things, Jodi tackles the profoundly challenging yet essential concerns of our time: prejudice, race, and justice.
Jodi Picoult is a writer who has dealt with weighty issues through her writings. In her 2 novels; Perfect Match and My Sister’s Keeper, she has dealt with important issues such as child sexual abuse and teenagers with leukemia. Now, to most, Jodi Picoult’s new novel about racism (Small Great Things) was one of the toughest and most touching novel she’s written.
Small Great Things is a story of racism in our modern time and day. Ruth Jefferson is labor and delivery nurse who is an African American. When working, Ruth had her usual checkup on a newborn. Ruth was reassigned to another patient because the white parents did not want an African American to touch their child. The hospital complies but it was only the next day and Ruth was alone with the child and the child was in cardiac distress. What should and what did Ruth do? Obey or disobey?
“You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not” – Jodi Picoult
This book is a unique standing by its own. In Small Great Things, Jodi tackles one of the most important yet challenging concerns throughout human history and even in our modern day: prejudice, race and justice. How will this book turn out to be? What lessons does it convey? Find out more…
P.S. If you truly want to be much more aware about prejudice, racism and justice in our modern day, this book is perfect for you.
P.P.S. This is a ZERO-RISK investment. Should you find this book unworthy of a coffee price of $2.99, get a refund within 7 days!
