A Spark of Light
por Jodi Picoult
- Novo
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- Novo
- ISBN 10
- 1444788167
- ISBN 13
- 9781444788167
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Uxbridge, Greater London, United Kingdom
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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives intersecting during a moment of heart-stopping crisis.
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Em Sep 26 2018, um leitor disse:
A Spark of Light is the twenty-third novel by popular American author, Jodi Picoult. In Jackson, Mississippi, a women's clinic that provides, amongst other services, abortions is targeted daily by pro-life campaigners. They harass the staff and the clients as they enter and leave. But today is different: a gunman has entered the building and begun shooting.
Trained police hostage negotiator, Detective Lieutenant Hugh McElroy is soon on the scene to talk to the gunman, but within minutes learns that his daughter, Wren and his sister, Bex are inside the clinic along with other innocent hostages. As he tries to reason with the shooter, those inside struggle to help the injured without further enraging their captor.
The day's events, as they unfold over ten hours, are told in reverse, with an epilogue resolving the dramatic end of the first chapter. As the story follows the path that directs each character to their destiny at the Clinic, their thoughts and dialogue give the reader a deep appreciation of their nature, their challenges, their passions. The shooter's motivation and the series of events that leads up to his shocking actions illustrates how easily misunderstanding, desperation, a deficit of compassion and happenstance together can end in tragedy.
Picoult never hesitates to tackle controversial topics, nor does she in this latest work. The main issue is, of course, abortion, but many other related topics feature: the legal obstacles, the reason doctors and nurses work in these clinics, the for and against arguments, the situations where abortion seems appropriate, the fallacies that are spouted by pro-lifers, inequity between laws that protect the foetus and those protecting the mother, the legal inconsistencies between states, the import of illegal abortion drugs from China, and even the semantics surrounding the issue.
While many will feel that her treatment of the topic is balanced, Picoult's latest novel is bound to polarise readers. The depth of her research is apparent and she backs it up with an extensive bibliography. In the Author's Note, Picoult gives a succinct quote regards pro-lifer activities from a woman who has had an abortion: "I don't need people shaming me because of a choice that already hurt my heart to have to make." Picoult gives the reader yet another informative, insightful and thought-provoking read.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by Allen & Unwin.
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- Ria Christie Collections (GB)
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- ria9781444788167_inp
- Título
- A Spark of Light
- Autor
- Jodi Picoult
- Formato/Encadernação
- Paperback / softback
- Estado do livro
- Novo
- Quantidade Disponível
- 12
- Encadernação
- Brochura
- ISBN 10
- 1444788167
- ISBN 13
- 9781444788167
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