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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. Look for Jodi Picoult’s new novel, By Any Other Name, available now! “Picoult at her fearless best . . . Timely...

The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author presents a spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and one man's last chance at gaining salvation. Can we save ourselves, or do we rely on others to do it? Is what we believe always the truth? One moment June Nealon was happily looking...

Once, Hope Payne was a mermaid, performing at the local theme park and captivating audiences young and old. Today, she's married to a pragmatic marine biologist who has filled the pool in their backyard with flounder for a special study. Before he begins, the fish vanish - echoing a loss Hope alone can understand. She senses there's something underwater, something alive and hungry for more, but is she in too deep to ever resurface?

Samantha van Leer is a sophomore at Vassar College majoring in psychology with a minor in human development. She has four dogs: Alvin, Harvey, Dudley, and Oliver - for whom the prince in this story is named.

Jodi Picoult tackles issues of race and privilege in this ebook original short story, a prequel to her upcoming novel Small Great Things. In “Shine,” the master storyteller and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Time and My Sister’s Keeper introduces readers to the...

This breathtaking novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult asks: Do we love across time, or in spite of it? “Sometimes I wonder....Can a ghost find you, if she wants to?” An intricate tale of love, haunting memories, and renewal, Second Glance begins in current-day...

When Willow is born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta, her parents are devastated—she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, a lifetime of pain. In this provocative story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, “Picoult writes with unassuming brilliance” (Stephen King)...

Where There's Smoke: Bestselling author Jodi Picoult is a masterful storyteller, who “writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships” (The Boston Globe). Now, in this original short story, Picoult introduces Serenity...

Years ago, Mariah attempted suicide after discovering her husband Colin’s infidelity. When she stumbles upon Colin actively involved in his second affair, she files for divorce and retains custody of their seven-year-old daughter Faith. But soon, Faith starts talking to an imaginary friend who may be God—and Faith insists God is a woman. The media attention escalates when Faith begins experiencing stigmata, compelling Colin to sue for custody. Before her life falls completely apart, Mariah must fight for her daughter.

To the outside world, they seem to have it all. Cassie Barrett, a renowned anthropologist, and Alex Rivers, one of Hollywood's hottest actors, met on the set of a motion picture in Africa. They shared childhood tales, toasted the future, and declared their love in a fairy-tale wedding. But when they return to California, something alters the picture of their perfect marriage. A frightening pattern is taking shape - a cycle of hurt, denial, and promises, thinly veiled by glamour.

Margot and James are broken up—for good this time. James made sure of it when he dropped the bomb on Margot: that he doesn’t want kids, ever. Then, on the biggest morning of his life, James—an ambitious lawyer at a high-powered firm—wakes up pregnant. He realizes with dread that he is part of a recent epidemic of men suddenly and inexplicably becoming pregnant. His condition obvious to the higher-ups, James is denied the promotion he was expecting, sending him reeling.

Police chief Cameron McDonald has lived in idyllic Wheelock, Massachusetts for most of his life, as has his beloved wife Allie. Their comfortable lives are thrown into tumult, however, when Cam's distant cousin Jamie arrives in town along with his wife's dead body. Jamie admits to the murder - a mercy killing to end the pain caused by a ravaging cancer. And now Cam is torn by his oath to uphold justice and his family obligations as chief of the Scottish McDonald clan.

The powerful debut novel from New York Times best-selling author Jodi Picoult, Songs of the Humpback Whale is a moving story of love and family told through the eyes of five people: Jane Jones, her daughter Rebecca, and three very different men in their lives. After a watershed moment in their marriage, Jane leaves Oliver, her renowned marine biologist husband, and begins a journey across the country with Rebecca in search of understanding about her troubled past.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult, a powerful novel that explores the unbreakable bond between parent and child, and questions whether you can reinvent yourself in the course of a lifetime—or if your mistakes last forever. Fourteen-year-old Trixie Stone is in love for the...

A story of romance, adventure, and humor, Between the Lines features high-schooler and social outsider Delilah, who discovers a charming fairy tale in the school library and can’t resist turning to it again and again. But one day she finds the book has hidden depths—and that the story’s handsome prince has somehow stepped from the page into her very own world.

Leaving Home brings together three previously published short pieces, each dealing with a variation on the theme of leaving home. The first, "Weights and Measures", deals with the tragic loss of a child; the second is a non-fiction letter Picoult wrote to her eldest son as he left for college; and “Ritz” tells the story of a mother who takes the vacation all mothers need sometime.

La jeune dramaturge Melina Green vient d'écrire une nouvelle pièce, inspirée par la vie de son aïeule, la poétesse élisabéthaine Emilia Bassano. Mais à Broadway, où les hommes détiennent les clés du théâtre, il est peu probable que son oeuvre soit mise en scène. Alors que Melina hésite à soumettre la pièce à un festival, son meilleur ami décide de l'envoyer sous un pseudonyme masculin. En 1581, à Londres, la jeune Emilia Bassano est pupille d'aristocrates anglais.

Anna ha nacido con un propósito muy específico. Nació porque un científico manipuló la conexión entre el óvulo de su madre y el esperma de su padre para crear una combinación específica de precioso material genético, con el propósito de salvar a su hermana que padece de leucemia mieloide. Anna es la tabla de salvación de su hermana Kate, pero no esta dispuesta a seguir donando sus órganos para salvar la vida de su hermana.

Ein fesselnder Roman über zwei unvergessliche Frauen, die vier Jahrhunderte trennen und dennoch um dieselbe Sache kämpfen: dass ihre Stimmen gehört werden.England im frühen 17. Jahrhundert: Emilia Bassano liebt das Schreiben, doch als Frau hat sie keine eigene Stimme. Nur für einen hohen Preis kann sie ihre Geschichten heimlich auf die Bühne bringen: Sie muss einen Mann finden, der sich als Autor ihrer Werke ausgibt. Und dieser ist niemand anders als Englands berühmtester Dramatiker: William Shakespeare.

Olivia McAfee hätte nie gedacht, je wieder in ihre verschlafene Heimatstadt in New Hampshire zurückzukehren, in das Haus ihrer Kindheit. Doch als ihr Mann, ein brillanter Chirurg, seine dunkle Seite offenbarte, war die Flucht dorthin für sie und ihren Sohn Asher die einzige Wahl. Sie fassen schnell Fuß, Olivia übernimmt den Imkereibetrieb ihres Vaters, und Asher verliebt sich in Lily, die wie er neu an der Schule ist. Lily erwidert seine Liebe, allerdings trägt sie ein Geheimnis mit sich herum, und sie ist sich nicht sicher, ob sie Ash wirklich alles anvertrauen kann.