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Another Piccoult book

Last post 06-28-2007, 8:23 PM by NewReader. 1 replies.
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  •  06-14-2007, 4:24 PM 149

    Another Piccoult book

    If you liked "My Sister's Keeper", I'm sure you will like "Keeping Faith" also.  I think that is the one that takes place in the Amish community.  A mysterious baby is found dead on one of the farms and in the process of resolving the mystery, you get a great picture of the Amish culture.

    One of the things I like about Piccoult is that she usually includes back-up on a particular culture (i.e. Midwives) in addition to the story telling.  The questions that came up in our book club were centered around the motivations and ethics of the characters.  Not only the midwife, but her daughter, the woman who died, her husband, the assistant, the attorney, etc.  Most were sympathetic to the midwife's plight in the situation, but two people felt strongly that she was wrong because she should have known better in those circumstances.  Another good question was over the choice of saving the baby or the mother.  I don't honestly know what I would have done, faced with that choice.

  •  06-28-2007, 8:23 PM 155 in reply to 149

    Re: Another Piccoult book

    Sounds like a great book.  The thing I like about My Sister's Keeper is how ever chapter is a different character's point of view.  You really get who the character is and you feel them more.  I have to think it was a bit easier or more interesting for Piccoult to write it that was as she was able to really get into character as she was writing.

     I have 19 minutes waiting for me when I am done with My Sister's Keeper.  Almost there.
     

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