About this title: The author of Picture Perfect "explores the fragile ground of ambivalent motherhood" (New York Times Book Review). Paige's mother left when she was five. When Paige becomes a mother herself, she is overwhelmed by the demands. Unable to forget her past, Paige struggles with the difficulties of marriage and motherhood.
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Description: Good. 1995-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Fair. 0140230270 Cover has heavy wear. Pages are together and ready for reading. Water marks on top of pages. Coffee stain on back. read more
Edition: 16th Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780140230277ISBN:0140230270
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased; moderate edge wear/ corners, spine hinge and spine creased; corners frayed; small tears on bottom of spine/ several pages and page tips creased/ signature on title page. read more
Description: Good. 0140230270 Cover has wear on it. Pages are together and ready for reading. Marker line on top. Tears on top and bottom of back cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780670850990ISBN:0670850993
Description: Acceptable in Good jacket. This book is in good shape and has a split between page 310& 311 (pages are still in tact with binding). This book is in acceptable condition. The cover & inside pages are in fair to poor shape. The inside pages may have dog eared corners, notes, underlining, highlighting, damp stains, and water damage. Shop with confidence. We guarantee the condition of every product as it's described on our listings. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780140230277ISBN:0140230270
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Spine straight w/o creases, binding tight, no reader/remainder/library marks, ft cover edge lift/crease, pgs flat, mild age toning pgs, very slight shelf wear. 453 numbered p. Audience: General/trade. Photos or other information on this item available by e-mail. Daily responses to orders/e-mail. E-mail confirmation of shipment. Check our feedback. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780670850990ISBN:0670850993
Description: Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 0670850993. Prior library book in GD+ solid condition; protected with mylar cover; typical markings; DJ glued to inside boards; clean pages, solid binding with slight forward reading lean; Ex-Library; 1.5 x 9.4 x 6.5 Inches; 464 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition/First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780670850990ISBN:0670850993
Description: Good in Good jacket. Reading copy, rather severe coffee or coke stain to fore edge pages. Price clipped jacket. Will look good on the shelf at least. read more
"Jodi Picoult has always been my favorite authour. It was no surprise to me that this book was just as heart wrenching as the rest of her books that I've read. This book is about a girl named Paige. Paige's mother left Paige and her father when she was only five. When Paige was eighteen she ran away to Cambridge, Massachusetts and that's where she fell in love with Nicholas Prescott. Nicholas was every girls dream, Paige's hero, and a prestigious doctor with every intention of becoming chief of cardiac surgery. But when Paige has a baby of her own she starts to realize that she's losing herself, she's trapped in a world she might not belong in. I was surprised to find an overwhelming amount of similarities between Paige and myself. Paige tries to fit into Nicholas' fancy life just like I try to fit into life in the north shore. I realized that maybe I'm not a north shore girl and Paige realizes she might never be June Cleaver, but that's okay. Being yourself, being independent, is a good thing.
Sometimes you need to get away to figure out what you really want to with your life and you really are. There's a difference between living the life expected of you and the life that you want to live. Jodi Picoult portrays that lesson beautifully through Paige.
This is a story about facing your fears, love, and not losing yourself. I would recommend this book to anyone who needs a self esteem boost. There's always something that you're good at it, whether it's being a mom or saving a life. Anyone who's afraid to be different needs to be read this book. You sholdn't be afraid to challenge the status quo."
"This book was really bad. It had the feel of one of those insipid made-for-tv movies.
I've read several of Picoult's other novels. They often have some kind of topical theme. Not exactly the most thought provoking works, they usually present the theme in a somewhat entertaining fashion. This novel (with its theme of ambiguous motherhood) was a complete disappointment.
Perhaps the worst aspect is character development (or lack thereof). The young mother is not sympathetic. She's self destructive, over indulgent and just not believable. Her mother (the original self-destructee) is even worse. The reconciliation between mother and daughter was sentimental and contrived. The young, uneducated wife stalking the Harvard educated physician through a hospital was just plain weird.
Ambiguous motherhood and the theme of abandonment can be a worthwhile subject if handled correctly (check out Anne Tyler's 'Ladder of Years' which is outstanding, for example). But this book doesn't even come close. I would not recommend it."
"Apparently this is only Jodi Picoult's second novel, and it shows. It has none of the bioethical musings of her more recent novels (My Sister's Keeper, Nineteen Minutes), and it lacks ... anything unexpected.
A predictable, old-fashioned story, it follows the evolution of Paige O'Toole. Paige is a complex character, and she's strengthened through her trials. Her husband, Nicholas Prescott, is mostly one-dimensional. He doesn't change very much throughout the novel, and the rest of the characters are completely static.
My biggest issue with this book was the fact that there is none of the usual Picoult-esque dilemma-facing or mind-bending. No real ethical issues present themselves, and everything that happens is foreseeable. Even the one development that presents itself toward the end of the book is 100% inevitable.
I sped through this novel waiting for the good part, and the only good part came when it ended. What a disappointment. I'll be more selective about reading Picoult in the future."
"THIS NOVEL WAS SAD AND TOUCHING. IT IS ABOUT A YOUNG WOMEN WHO GETS MARRIED AND DOESNT FIND HERSELF REALLY UNTIL AFTER SHE HAS A CHILD OF HER OWN, WHEN SHE FINALLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT. IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN HAVE SOME TISSUES HANDY."
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