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Small great things : a novel / Jodi Picoult.
Van Pelt Library PS3566.I372 S63 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Picoult, Jodi, 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American nurses--Fiction.
- African American nurses.
- Criminal defense lawyers--Fiction.
- Criminal defense lawyers.
- Trials (Murder)--Fiction.
- Trials (Murder).
- White supremacy movements.
- United States.
- Race relations--Fiction.
- Race relations.
- White supremacy movements--United States--Fiction.
- Racism--Fiction.
- Racism.
- FICTION / Contemporary Women.
- FICTION / Literary.
- FICTION / Sagas.
- Local Subjects:
- FICTION / Contemporary Women.
- FICTION / Literary.
- FICTION / Sagas.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Legal stories.
- Legal fiction (Literature)
- Physical Description:
- 470 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Ballantine Books, [2016]
- Summary:
- A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby requests that their nurse be reassigned -- they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against bringing race into a courtroom. As the two come to develop a truer understanding of each other's lives, they begin to doubt the beliefs they each hold most dear.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-470)
- Other Format:
- Online version: Picoult, Jodi, 1966- author. Small great things
- ISBN:
- 9780345544957
- 0345544951
- 9780425286012
- 0425286010
- OCLC:
- 952139156
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