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by <a href="http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon">ricochetxmoon</a>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:43:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_31059_6535</guid><dc:creator>ricochetxmoon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvesting the Heart: A Novel]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Jodi Picoult earned rave notices for her debut novel, Songs of the Humpback Whale. Now this gifted young writer turns her considerable literary talents to the story of a young woman overcome by the demands of having a family. Written with astonishing clarity and evocative detail, convincing in its depiction of emotional pain, love, and vulnerability, Harvesting the Heart recalls the writing of Alice Hoffman and Sue Miller. Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who left when she was five. 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. But her mother&#39;s absence, and shameful memories of her past, make her doubt both her maternal ability and her sense of self worth. Out of Paige&#39;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.&quot;
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon">ricochetxmoon</a>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:42:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_30132_6535</guid><dc:creator>ricochetxmoon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanishing Acts : A Novel]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father, Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiance, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can&#39;t recall. And then a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret that changes the world as she knows it.&quot; In shock and confusion, Delia must sift through the truth - even when it jeopardizes her life and the lives of those she loves. What happens when you learn you are not who you thought you were? When the people you&#39;ve loved and trusted suddenly change before your eyes? When getting your deepest wish means giving up what you&#39;ve always taken for granted? Vanishing Acts explores how life - as we know it - might not turn out the way we imagined; how doing the right thing could mean doing the wrong thing; how the memory we thought had vanished could return as a threat.&quot;
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon">ricochetxmoon</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:07:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_18203_6535</guid><dc:creator>ricochetxmoon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Songs of the Humpback Whale : A Novel in Five Voices]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Jodi Picoult&#39;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 volitility. 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 wales 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.&quot;
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon">ricochetxmoon</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:57:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_18188_6535</guid><dc:creator>ricochetxmoon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Second Glance : A Novel]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Second Glance begins in current-day Vermont, where an old man puts a piece of land up for sale and unintentionally raises protest from the local Abenaki Indian tribe, who insist it&#39;s a burial ground. When odd, supernatural events plague the town of Comtosook, a ghost hunter is hired by the developer to help convince the residents that there&#39;s nothing spiritual about the property.&quot; Enter Ross Wakeman, a suicidal drifter who has put himself in mortal danger time and again. He&#39;s driven his car off a bridge into a lake. He&#39;s been mugged in New York City and struck by lightning in a calm country field. Yet despite his best efforts, life clings to him and pulls him ever deeper into the empty existence he cannot bear since his fiancee&#39;s death in a car crash eight years ago. Ross now lives only for the moment he might once again encounter the woman he loves. But in Comtosook, the only discovery Ross can lay claim to is that of Lia Beaumont, a skittish, mysterious woman who, like Ross, is on a search for something beyond the boundary separating life and death. Thus begins Jodi Picoult&#39;s enthralling and ultimately astonishing story of love, fate, and a crime of passion.&quot;
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon">ricochetxmoon</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:56:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_5338_6535</guid><dc:creator>ricochetxmoon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Picture Perfect]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;To the outside world, they seem to have it all. Cassie Barrett, a renowned anthropologist, and Alex Rivers, one of Hollywood&#39;s hottest actors, met on the set of a motion picture in Africa. They shared childhood tales, toasted the future, and declared their love in a fairy-tale wedding. But when they return to California, something alters the picture of their perfect marriage. A frightening pattern is taking shape-a cycle of hurt, denial, and promises, thinly veiled by glamour. Torn between fear and something that resembles love, Cassie wrestles with questions she never dreamed she would face: How can she leave? Then again, how can she stay?&quot;
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon">ricochetxmoon</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:51:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_18177_6535</guid><dc:creator>ricochetxmoon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect Match: A Novel]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;In the course of her everyday work, career-driven assistant district attorney Nina Frost prosecutes child molesters and works determinedly to ensure that a legal system with too many loopholes keeps these criminals behind bars. But when her own five-year-old son, Nathaniel, is traumatized by a sexual assault, Nina and her husband, Caleb, a quiet and methodical stone mason, are shattered, ripped apart by an enraging sense of helplessness in the face of a futile justice system that Nina knows all too well. In a heartbeat, Nina&#39;s absolute truths and convictions are turned upside down, and she hurtles toward a plan to exact her own justice for her son -- no matter the consequence, whatever the sacrifice.&quot;
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon">ricochetxmoon</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:49:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_18175_6535</guid><dc:creator>ricochetxmoon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pact: A Love Story]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;For eighteen years the Hartes and the Golds have lived next door to each other, sharing everything from Chinese food to chicken pox to carpool duty - they&#39;ve grown so close it seems they have always been a part of each other&#39;s lives. Parents and children alike have been best friends - so it&#39;s no surprise that in high school Chris and Emily&#39;s friendship blossoms into something more. They&#39;ve been soul mates since they were born. So when midnight calls from the hospital come in, no one is ready for the appalling truth: Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head. There&#39;s a single unspent bullet in the gun that Chris took from his father&#39;s cabinet - a bullet that Chris tells police he intended for himself. But a local detective has doubts about the suicide pact that Chris has described. As its chapters unfold, alternating between an idyllic past and an unthinkable present, &quot;The Pact&quot; paints an indelible portrait of families in anguish...culminating in an astonishingly suspenseful courtroom drama as Chris finds himself on trial for murder.&quot;<br />
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon">ricochetxmoon</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:49:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_14625_6535</guid><dc:creator>ricochetxmoon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Sister's Keeper]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness.<br /><br />Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate — a life and a role that she has never challenged...until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister — and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves. <br /><br />My Sister&#39;s Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child&#39;s life, even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes you like yourself less? Should you follow your own heart, or let others lead you? Once again, in My Sister&#39;s Keeper, Jodi Picoult tackles a controversial real-life subject with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity.&quot;
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon">ricochetxmoon</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:46:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_1967_6535</guid><dc:creator>ricochetxmoon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeping Faith : A Novel]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/ricochetxmoon</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;For the second time in her marriage, Mariah White catches her husband with another woman, and Faith, their seven-year-old daughter, witnesses every painful minute. In the aftermath of a sudden divorce, Mariah struggles with depression and Faith seeks solace in a new friend - a friend who may or may not be imaginary. Faith talks to her &quot;Guard&quot; constantly and begins to recite passages from the Bible - a book she&#39;s never read. Fearful for her daughter&#39;s sanity, Mariah sends her to several psychiatrists. Yet when Faith develops stigmata and begins to perform miraculous healings, Mariah wonders if her daughter - a girl with no religious background - might indeed be seeing God. As word spreads and controversy heightens, Mariah and Faith are besieged by believers and disbelievers alike; they are caught in a media circus that threatens what little stability they have left. What are you willing to believe? Is Faith a prophet or a troubled little girl? Is Mariah a good mother facing an impossible crisis ... or a charlatan using her daughter to reclaim the attention her unfaithful husband withheld? As the story builds to a climactic battle for custody, Mariah must discover that spirit is not necessarily something that comes from religion but from inside oneself.&quot;
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