Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
Small great things : a novel / Jodi Picoult. - 1st ed. - New York : Ballantine Books, [2016] - 470 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-470).
Library Journal, August 2016 Booklist starred, July 2016 Publisher's Weekly, August 2016
"A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby request that their nurse be reassigned - they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against bringing race into a courtroom. As the two come to develop a truer understanding of each other's lives, they begin to doubt the beliefs they each hold most dear"--Provided by publisher.
Adult Follett School Solutions.
9780345544957
2016023120
African American nurses--Fiction.
Criminal defense lawyers--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Racism--Fiction.
FICTION / Contemporary Women.
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Sagas.
Legal fiction (Literature)
PS3566.I372 / S63 2016
813/.54
Small great things : a novel / Jodi Picoult. - 1st ed. - New York : Ballantine Books, [2016] - 470 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-470).
Library Journal, August 2016 Booklist starred, July 2016 Publisher's Weekly, August 2016
"A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby request that their nurse be reassigned - they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against bringing race into a courtroom. As the two come to develop a truer understanding of each other's lives, they begin to doubt the beliefs they each hold most dear"--Provided by publisher.
Adult Follett School Solutions.
9780345544957
2016023120
African American nurses--Fiction.
Criminal defense lawyers--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Racism--Fiction.
FICTION / Contemporary Women.
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Sagas.
Legal fiction (Literature)
PS3566.I372 / S63 2016
813/.54