Change of Heart

Opis książki:

Picoult bangs out another ripped-from-the-zeitgeist winner, this time examining a condemned inmates desire to be an organ donor. Freelance carpenter Shay Bourne was sentenced to death for killing a little girl, Elizabeth Nealon, and her cop stepfather. Eleven years after the murders, Elizabeths sister, Claire, needs a heart transplant, and Shay volunteers, which complicates the states execution plans. Meanwhile, death row has been the scene of some odd events since Shays arrival an AIDS victim goes into remission, an inmates pet bird dies and is brought back to life, wine flows from the water faucets. The author brings other compelling elements to an already complex plot line: the priest who serves as Shays spiritual adviser was on the jury that sentenced him; Shays ACLU representative, Maggie Bloom, balances her professional moxie with her negative self-image and difficult relationship with her mother. Picoult moves the story along with lively debates about prisoner rights and religion, while plumbing the depths of mother-daughter relationships and examining the literal and metaphorical meanings of having heart. The point-of-view switches are abrupt, but this is a small flaw in an impressive book. 1,000,000-million copy first printing.(Mar.)

Książka "Change of Heart" - Jodi Picoult - oprawa miękka - Wydawnictwo Hodder And Stoughton. Książka posiada 448 stron i została wydana w 2008 r.