Lone Wolf
A Novel
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4.1 • 109 Ratings
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
A life hanging in the balance and a family torn apart—this emotionally powerful novel from New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult explores family secrets, impossible choices, and the limits of love.
On an icy winter night, a devastating accident forces a fractured family to reunite and make a decision that will change everything. Cara, once fiercely protected by her father, Luke, carries a secret no one else knows. Her brother, Edward, is hiding secrets of his own—secrets that could shatter Cara if they come to light. Their mother, Georgie, long overshadowed by her ex-husband’s obsessions, now finds his life in her children’s hands.
As old wounds resurface and buried secrets emerge, each family member must confront what loyalty, forgiveness, and love truly mean. With emotional depth and moral complexity, this unforgettable family drama asks what happens when the hope meant to hold a family together becomes the very thing that threatens to tear it apart.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Picoult returns with two provocative questions: can a human join a wolf pack, and who has the right to make end-of-life decisions? Luke Warren, a vital free spirit, has devoted himself to understanding wolf behavior, to the point of having once abandoned his family to live with wolves. Now divorced and raising his 17-year-old daughter, Cara, near his wolf compound, Luke sustains a traumatic brain injury in an accident. His ex-wife, Georgie, remarried to a lawyer, summons Cara's brother, Edward, from Thailand, where he's lived for years alienated from his family, who assume the estrangement stems from his father's rejection of Edward's homosexuality. Cara wants to keep her father on life support; Edward struggles with resentment but believes his father wouldn't want to exist in a vegetative state. As Cara and Edward navigate their own conflicts and Luke languishes in a coma, Picoult folds in mesmerizing excerpts of Luke's book about life with the wolves. There are no surprises, as Picoult (My Sister's Keeper) as usual probes intriguing matters of the heart while introducing her fans to subjects they might not otherwise explore. You can always count on Picoult for a terrific page-turner about a compelling subject.
