Picoult's imagery is startling and brilliant her characters move credibly through this affecting drama. Told in flashbacks, this is a realistic story of childhood and adolescence, the demands of motherhood, the hard paths of personal growth and the generosity of spirit required by love. Told in flashbacks, this is a realistic story of childhood and adolescence, the demands of motherhood, the hard paths of personal growth and the generosity of. Unable to communicate her terrors about herself to Nicholas, she leaves him to search for her mother, who may hold the answers to her life. Paige is soon overwhelmed by the demands of Nicholas's socially sophisticated world, and after the birth of their son, Max, she becomes emotionally and physically exhausted. Again Paige is forced to sideline her creative needs and work as a waitress in order to support Nicholas until he is able to establish his career as a cardiac surgeon. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children.

Chicago Tribune Jodi Picoults bestselling and widely acclaimed novels include Second Glance, Perfect Match, Nineteen Minutes, Keeping Faith and The Pact. When she marries Harvard medical student Nicholas Prescott, his parents disown him, disapproving of their Irish Catholic daughter-in-law. From the author of the 1 New York Times bestsellers Small Great Things and Mad Honey, a novel exploring the story of a young woman overcome by the demands. New York Times Book Review Reminiscent of Sue Millers The Good Mother, Harvesting the Heart has a voice all its own. She leaves her Chicago home for Cambridge, Mass., at 18 to fulfill herself as an artist, but must work in a diner because she can't afford art school. From the author of the 1 New York Times bestsellers Small Great Things. Abandoned by her mother when she was five years old, Paige O'Toole has been left with painful doubts about her self-worth. Picoult ( Songs of the Humpback Whales ) brings her considerable talents to this contemporary story of a young woman in search of her identity.

Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult