Happy Monday! The point of Memorable Monday is to showcase a book that you read in the past and share why/how the book has stuck with you.
There are so many books that have touched me over the years that it's really hard to choose one each week. I honestly haven't thought about this book in years! I read it in 1999 when it was released. My copy was in tatters and had loads of tear stains throughout the book. I was a mom of girls and my oldest had just turned twelve. The entire time I read this book I kept thinking about my girls and what I'd do if I was the mom going through this situation. The one thing that Jodi Picoult is great at is making you feel what the character is feeling. Character driven stories are my favorite kind and this one is a great one of Ms. Picoult's to start with if you haven't read it.
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've grown so close it seems they have always been a part of each other's lives. Parents and children alike have been best friends, so it's no surprise that in high school Chris and Emily's friendship blossoms into something more. They'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's a single unspent bullet in the gun that Chris took from his father'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.
About Jodi Picoult:
Jodi Picoult is the author of twenty-four novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Small Great Things, Leaving Time, The Storyteller, Lone Wolf, Between the Lines, Sing You Home, House Rules, Handle with Care, Change of Heart, Nineteen Minutes, and My Sister’s Keeper. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children.
You can check out Jodi Picoult at her website.
Now it's your turn . . . what's your most memorable book? Let me know in the comments.
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