Small Great Things
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult presents an intelligent, empathetic story about a woman caught in a gripping moral dilemma that resonates far beyond her place in time and history into present day.
Ruth has worked in the maternity ward for over twenty years, but when young couple Turk and Brittany Bauer are admitted to have their first child, they request that Ruth be reassigned—they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, a black woman, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. Forced into making a difficult decision, she hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on…
Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, including Mad Honey (co-authored with Jennifer Finney Boylan), Wish You Were Here, The Book of Two Ways, A Spark of Light, Small Great Things, Leaving Time, and My Sister’s Keeper, and, with daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.