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Second Glance by Jodi Picoult
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Second Glance

by Jodi Picoult

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I know that A lot of people love this author so I picked up a copy at a local store to see what the fuss was about. I read maybe the first 15 pages. I was so confused. I think I was introduced to 3 or 4 different story lines and about 8 or 9 characters and I felt like my rubber neck was going to come off my body and start running away from the sheer torture.

I just could not even get started.

Maybe I will try again.

Probably not. ( )
  Nurslings | Sep 12, 2009 |
Second Glance, by Jodi Picoult, was a satisfying, light summer read. This book explores the disturbing history of eugenics in a small town in Vermont; it is also a ghost story and a love story, not that the latter two are mutually exclusive as you will see if you dare (goosebumps and shivers here) to read this book! Fun. ( )
  Berly | May 28, 2009 |
Great book. I loved all the characters in the book. One that stuck out the most was Ross. I could relate to him, because I too have tried to leave the life I had and thought that it wasn't worth living. I'm glad he had a second chance to see if something will go with Meridith. I loved the ghost part where your sould doesn't move on to the next life if things are not settled, I wonder if it happens in real life? ( )
  robinelmore43 | May 27, 2009 |
Jodi Picoult took many different topics in our society today and made these topics ones that we could relate to. It's a great mix of mystery and drama that keeps you turning the page. She researched topics such as Xeroderma Pigmentosum, the Abenaki Indians, and life in the 1930's. She took time and effort to make this book into something that showed us things we would never even think about.
In this novel, Picoult took many lives of ordinary people and intertwined them to connect to one another. Throughout the novel, little pieces start to fall into place as you try to figure out this murder mystery and the connection with all the characters. Trust me, it will give you the chills as dramatic irony continues to pile on top of you.
There isn't just one main character. You have Ross, who lost his loved one and now is a ghost hunter searching for her. There's Ethan, the boy with XP who wishes he could be a normal kid and get to play outside and go to school like all the other kids on his block. Then there's Cecilia, who died in 1932 but is searching for something, with the help of Ross Wakeman, that has been missing her whole life. This story draws you into a life you didn't think was possible, with suspense and puzzlement that only makes you want to finish the book. ( )
  MegsB | Apr 25, 2009 |
This is probably my favorite Picoult to date because of how intense it had to have been to research. It was full of suspense and information that we as Americans should definitely know about! I cared about all of the characters and couldn't get enough of them. ( )
  ajewell | Apr 7, 2009 |
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Epigraph
What if you slept?
And what if in your sleep, you dreamed?
And what if in your dream, you went to heaven
and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower?
And what if, when you woke, you had the flower in your hand?
Ah! What then? - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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For Sammy, who is both a reader and a writer. I love you to the moon and back. XOXO, Mom.
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Ross Wakeman succeeded the first time he killed himself, but not the second or the third.
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Canonical titleSecond Glance
Original publication date2003
People/CharactersRoss Wakeman, Meredith Olivier, Frankie Martine, Shelby Wakeman
EpigraphWhat if you slept? And what if in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if in your dream, you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you woke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah! ... (show all)
DedicationFor Sammy, who is both a reader and a writer. I love you to the moon and back. XOXO, Mom.
First wordsRoss Wakeman succeeded the first time he killed himself, but not the second or the third.
Last words(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
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Amazon.com (ISBN 0743454502, Hardcover)

Ghosts and ghost hunters collide in this compelling tale of the paranormal set in Vermont's green mountains. When the patriarch of the Abenaki Indian tribe that was nearly eradicated by that state's eugenics project in the 1930s encounters Ross Wakeman, the miraculous survivor of several attempted suicides who wants nothing more than to be reunited with the woman he loved and lost, they set in motion a chain of events that will unravel an ancient murder and lead to a second chance at life and love for the victim's descendants. Picoult, author of Salem Falls, brings the past alive and peoples it with a cast of extraordinarily well-realized characters whose reach into the future touches the lives of a dying boy, a frightened girl, and their mothers--two women who've given up on love until the revenants stirred up by a plan to develop an ancient burial ground show them what they're missing. Second Glance is an intricate and suspenseful ghost story that enchants and illuminates all the way to its powerful conclusion. --Jane Adams

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