The New York Times Book Review Reminiscent of Sue Millers. Read more about Jodi Picoult on her website at . Jodi Picoult explores the fragile ground of ambivalent motherhood in her lush second novel. Jodi Picoult's bestselling and widely acclaimed novels include Second Glance, Perfect Match, Nineteen Minutes, Keeping Faith and The Pact.

The book is about a female anthropologist, Cassie Barrett, and the history of the abuse she receives from her celebrity husband, Alex Rivers. Any mother or child cannot help but relate to the issues and emotions explored within this powerful and moving book. Picture Perfect (1995) is the third novel by the American author Jodi Picoult. Out of Paige's struggle to find wholeness by searching for her mother and facing her own insecurities, Jodi Picoult crafts an absorbing novel peopled with richly drawn characters. Harvesting the Heart (Paperback) Jodi Picoult Published by Hodder & Stoughton, United Kingdom(2013) ISBN 10: 1444754408ISBN 13: 9781444754407 NewPaperback Quantity: 10 Seller: Book Depository hard to find (London, United Kingdom) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Paperback. But her mother's absence, and shameful memories of her past, makes her doubt both her maternal ability and her sense of self-worth. 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. Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who left when she was five. 'Reminiscent of Sue Miller's The Good Mother, Harvesting the Heart has a voice all its own.' - Chicago Tribune Jodi Picoult explores the fragile ground of ambivalent motherhood in her lush second novel.' - The New York Times Book Review 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. Harvesting the Heart explores the story of a young woman overcome by the demands of having a family.

Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult