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Loading... Songs of the Humpback Whaleby Jodi Picoult
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. As with a lot of her books, nothing is black and white. Jane leaves her husband after slapping him, she takes her 15-year-old daughter with her. Jane was abused as a child and worries that she will become like her father. A multi-narrator book, revealing the story piece by piece, I did get drawn into this very quickly. (  ) soffitta1 | Oct 15, 2009 |  my least favorite of picoult's books...could have been so good if written differently. :( (  ) amanaceerdh | Aug 6, 2009 | Good! Interesting and it did not inspired tears! Sometimes the characters were really stupid though. (  ) spincerely | Jul 29, 2009 | not that great; too much back and forth at the beginning and ended strongly. jennybright | Jul 14, 2009 | I liked hearing the story from different perspectives. I did not like the way the story jumped through time. I’ve read other stories where this is done and I’ve liked them much better – the jumps made sense, they flowed well and progressed the story well. The jumps in this book did not. The time shifts made the flow chaotic. While I wasn’t thrilled with the ‘growth’ of each character, everyone grows in their on way so I generally don’t get ruffled too much by it, these people seemed to just go in one big useless circle-. The fact that the parents didn’t even see that each time they had a fight and split the one who was most damaged was the daughter didn’t show much growth at all. (  ) gutkko | Jun 17, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0571129277, Hardcover)Sometimes finding your own voice Jodi Picoult's powerful novel portrays an emotionally charged marriage that changes course in one explosive moment....For years, Jane Jones has lived in the shadow of her husband, renowned San Diego oceanographer Oliver Jones. But during an escalating argument, Jane turns on him with an alarming volatility. In anger and fear, Jane leaves with their teenage daughter, Rebecca, for a cross-country odyssey charted by letters from her brother Joley, guiding them to his Massachusetts apple farm, where surprising self-discoveries await. Now Oliver, an expert at tracking humpback whales across vast oceans, will search for his wife across a continent -- and find a new way to see the world, his family, and himself: through her eyes. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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