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Success, 2017 APA Audie Accolades - Multi-Voiced Performance This stunning new novel is Jodi Picoult at her finest - filled with unflinching insights, richly split characters, and a pause-resisting plot with a gripping moral dilemma at its center. Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with an increase of than 20 years' experience. During her transfer, Ruth begins a tedious checkup on a newborn, only to find out a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to some other patient. The parents are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is DARK-COLORED, to touch the youngster. The hospital complies with the request, however the next day the infant goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is only in the nursery. Does indeed she obey orders, or does she intervene? Ruth hesitates before accomplishing CPR and because of this is billed with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white consumer defender, can take her circumstance but gives unforeseen advice: Kennedy insists that talking about competition in the courtroom is not a being successful strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy's counsel, Ruth will try to keep life as normal as possible for her family - especially her teenage son - as the situation becomes a media experience. As the trial goes ahead, Ruth and Kennedy must gain each other's trust and come to notice that what they are taught their whole lives about others - and themselves - might be incorrect. With amazing empathy, intellect, and candor, Jodi Picoult tackles competition, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion - and doesn't offer easy answers. Small Great Things is a impressive accomplishment from a writer at the top of her game.
