Journal Entry 1 by cats-eye from Bishop Auckland, County Durham United Kingdom on Thursday, April 27, 2006

Trade paperback edition.

Synopsis (from Amazon.co.uk):

How far would you go to protect the ones you love?
When Daniel Stone was a child, he was the only white boy in a native Eskimo village where his mother taught, and he was teased mercilessly because he was different. He fought back, the baddest of the bad kids: stealing, drinking, robbing and cheating his way out of the Alaskan bush - where he honed his artistic talent, fell in love with a girl and got her pregnant. To become part of a family, he reinvented himself - jettisoning all that anger to become a docile, devoted husband and father. Fifteen years later, when we meet Daniel again, he is a comic book artist. His wife teaches Dante's Inferno at a local college; his daughter, Trixie, is the light of his life - and a girl who only knows her father as the even-tempered, mild-mannered man he has been her whole life. Until, that is, she is date raped...and Daniel finds himself struggling, again, with a powerlessness and a rage that may not just swallow him whole, but destroy his family and his future.

 

Journal Entry 2 by cats-eye from Bishop Auckland, County Durham United Kingdom on Friday, April 28, 2006

Like Picoult's last book (Keeping Faith) I found this one just a bit too "tidy"...in the last couple of chapters, it felt very rushed and forced, as if every possible loose end HAD to be resolved. Overall, this was a decent read, (typical fast paced Picoult) but for some reason the charcters just left me a bit cold, and the plot was too predictable with certain aspects just way too far-fetched for me.

Posted today to Meshe as part of the Fort Holders Swap (via surface mail) - enjoy!! 

Journal Entry 3 by meshe from Bonaire, Georgia USA on Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Received in today's mail. From the Fort Holder's swap. Another Jodi Picoult. Thanks for your prompt mailing. Can't wait to get into this one. 

Journal Entry 4 by meshe from Bonaire, Georgia USA on Saturday, April 21, 2007

This wasn't the best of Picoult's books, but it was good enough to keep my interest. I'll definitely keep reading her books. While her subject matter is sometimes hard to handle, the books are well-written and factual. Thanks for passing this one along.