“Jodi Picoult explores the fragile ground of ambivalent motherhood in her lush second novel. “A brilliant, moving examination of motherhood, brimming with detail and emotion.” -Richmond Times-Dispatch Out of Paige's struggle to find wholeness, Jodi Picoult crafts an absorbing novel peopled by richly drawn characters and explores issues and emotions readers can relate to. Publisher Viking Collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks china Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language English.

But her mother's absence, and shameful memories of her past, make her doubt both her maternal ability and her sense of self worth. Publication date 1993 Topics Women - United States - Fiction. Now, having left her father behind in Chicago for dreams of art school and marriage to an ambitious young doctor, she finds herself with a child of her own. Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who left when she was five. This story belongs to… the lucky reader.Jodi Picoult’s Captivating Second NovelFrom the New York Times bestselling author of My Sister’s Keeper, Lone Wolf, and the forthcoming The Storyteller, Harvesting the Heart is written with astonishing clarity and evocative detail, convincing in its depiction of emotional pain, love, and vulnerability, and recalls the writing of Alice Hoffman and Kristin Hannah. Harvesting the heart / Jodi Picoult 9781760112684 (paperback) Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who took off when she was five. “A brilliant, moving examination of motherhood, brimming with detail and emotion.” - Richmond Times-Dispatch Out of Paige's struggle to find wholeness, Jodi Picoult crafts an absorbing novel peopled by richly drawn characters, and explores motherhood with a power and depth only she is capable of. Harvesting the Heart is written with astonishing clarity and evocative detail, convincing in its depiction of emotional pain, love, and vulnerability, and recalls the writing of Alice Hoffman and Kristin Hannah.

But her mother's absence and shameful memories of her past force her to doubt whether she could ever be capable of bringing joy and meaning into the life of her child, gifts her own mother never gave.

Now, having left her father behind in Chicago for dreams of art school and marriage to an ambitious young doctor, she finds herself with a child of her own. Harvesting the heart by Jodi Picoult Publication date 1993 Topics Women - United States - Fiction. Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who abandoned her at five years old.

Synopsis: From the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Small Great Things and My Sister's Keeper, a novel exploring the story of a young woman overcome by the demands of having a family.

Harvesting the heart by jodi picoult