A Spark of Light
The heart-stopping and heartbreaking ethical dilemma novel from the bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper
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4.0 • 8 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'My heart ached ... then BOOM! Eyes wide... HEART freaking BURSTING out of my chest. Jodi Picoult got me. Again. To say I loved this is an understatement. It was powerful, breathtaking, brilliant' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I loved it! I could not stop reading, I just HAD to know what happened! That ending though!!!!!!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'WOW all the feels! Absolutely a fantastic, thought provoking, and well researched novel' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A lone gunman takes the women and doctors at a controversial abortion clinic hostage. Nobody has ended up there by choice.
As the tense negotiation for their release unfolds, hour by crucial hour, back in time through the day that brought the hostages and their captor to this moment, every certainty is questioned, every judgement thrown into sharp relief.
Because matters of life and death look very different when you, or the ones you love, are staring down the barrel of a gun . . .
Powerful, thought-provoking and deeply involving, this Number One Sunday Times bestselling novel is told in reverse, propelling the reader through intertwining characters and uncovering motives in this unflinching exploration of what makes a life.
Everyone is gripped by A Spark of Light:
'Oh my god you guys, I actually read this book months ago and I'm still thinking about it today. As soon as I received a copy I dropped everything and started it and it totally blew me away. It has her trademark hard hitting subject matter and deeply moving storyline and she rips her storylines straight from the headlines like no one else does. If you read one book I recommended this year I urge you to make it this one... Profound, emotional and incredible' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'5 Powerful & Thought Provoking Stars' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'5+ stars! Eye-opening. Informative. Emotional. Raw. Intense. Heart-wrenching... It will make you consider what you would do in these characters' positions. It will stay with you long after you close the cover. I highly recommend!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Wow! I was completely pulled in hook, line and sinker!... Superb!... 5 stars' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'No one tackles tough, controversial, timely issues, as expertly as Jodi Picoult... Not to be missed! Drop what you are doing, and start reading' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'With twists that only Picoult could think of... characters that will stay with you for years and topics that will make you want to question your own values, A Spark of Light is everything I've come to know and love from a Jodi Picoult novel' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Incredibly compelling and page turning' Dolly Alderton
'Her intelligent, meticulously researched novels explore ethical dilemmas through heartrending, headline-grabbing scenarios' The Sunday Times
'A writer the world needs to be reading right now' The Independent
'An apposite and nuanced novel... Picoult writes about an emotive, controversial issue with unflinching precision' Red
'A very special novel about a very difficult subject' Grazia
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Drama abounds in Picoult's latest issue-driven novel (following Small Great Things) in which a hostage crisis in a women's health center/abortion clinic provides a look at a volatile subject. George Goddard, a lone gunman seeking revenge for his daughter's abortion, busts into the clinic in Jackson, Miss., killing and wounding several staff and patients. He holds a handful of them hostage, including Wren and Bex, the 15-year-old daughter and adult sister of Hugh McElroy, the police hostage negotiator assigned to the crisis. Meanwhile, Beth, a teenager in a hospital in Oxford, Miss., whose attempts to have a legal abortion were thwarted, takes medication to abort her 16-week-old fetus and nearly dies from blood loss. She is brought to a hospital and her life is saved, but the state prosecutor's office accuses her of murder upon finding out the reasons for her condition. Picoult's extensive research shines throughout, but the book's reverse chronological structure interferes with the complicated back stories, which include the gunman's reasons for going on a rampage; a doctor's path to performing abortions; why a pro-life believer goes undercover to the clinic to obtain damaging evidence; and the relationship between Wren, Bex, and Hugh. Nevertheless, this is a powerful story that brings clarity to the history of abortion and investigates the voices on both sides of the issue.
