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Manufacturer: Washington Square Press

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780743454513
ISBN: 0743454510
Label: Washington Square Press
Manufacturer: Washington Square Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: 2004-03-02
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Studio: Washington Square Press

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Summary: Very unpredictable book with a lot of human interests!
Comment: This book was a different direction for this author but a slam dunk for the first time stepping out of her realm. Picoult had different twists and turns in these story lines that all came in and tied together at the end. Every time I thought I knew what was going on or what was going to happen I was pleasantly surprised and embraced every twist and turn that she through at me througout the book. It was an insane ride that I would definitely recommend!

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Summary: Loved it!!
Comment: I had read some of her other books and liked them. This was by far the best yet!! I love a book that can make me cry and this one did it!! Ordering the rest of her books hoping to find one just as good. So far sisters keeper is the closest.

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Summary: This book has everything!
Comment: I didn't want this book to end - lots of twists and action, a real page turner! The book had everything - great character development, a real sense of place and time. I love "ghosty" stories - this had ghosts, and so much more. Jodi Piccoult is a wonderful writer and I really enjoyed how she wove her characters together through place and time in this book. I want more!!!

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Summary: How can you not like Jodi?
Comment: This is by far Jodi's most paranormal book, encouraging the reader to have an open mind. In short, it's a ghost story, one that involves a seventy-year old murder. Luckily, we have on hand a paranormal investigator whose experience is quite convenient, plus a cast of other characters who very willingly except their town haunting, rose petals snowing from the sky, and other unexplainable peculiarities. Upon beginning the book, I was a bit bogged down by the sheer number of characters. It's a pretty large cast that spans the two storylines, one in the 1930's and the other in the present. The first third of the book introduces us to the town, the characters and the plot, but is suddenly interrupted for another third of the book to tell the first person account of the dead woman who is responsible for the present haunting. Then back to the main plot again for the final third of the book.

This is a very multi-layered book that explores how lives are intertwined and how the past dictates the future. It is it about death and its impact on life, even decades later. It is written in the style I have come to love about Jodi and with the mystery she presents as she unfolds the plot. Unlike many of her other books, this one does not include lawyers or courtroom scenes, just the haunting story of love, life, death, and destiny.

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Summary: Second Glance
Comment: Not quite as good as other Jodi Picoult novels, but I haven't put it down yet either.

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Do we love across time? Or in spite of it?

A developer has slated an ancient Abenaki Indian burial ground for a strip mall, and now strange happenings have the inhabitants of tiny Comtosook, Vermont, talking of supernatural forces at work. Ross Wakeman is a ghost hunter who's never seen a ghost -- all he's searching for is something to end the pain of losing his fiancée, Aimee, in a car accident. He tried suicide -- any number of times. Now Ross lives only for a way to connect with Aimee from beyond. Searching the site for signs of the paranormal, Ross meets the mysterious Lia, who sparks him to life for the first time in years. But the discoveries that await Ross are beyond anything he could dream of in this world -- or the next.