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The Storyteller
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The Storyteller (2013) (edit title/settings)

by Jodi Picoult (Author) (edit contributors)

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Sage Singer is a baker. She works through the night, preparing the day’s breads and pastries, trying to escape a reality of loneliness, bad memories, and the shadow of her mother’s death. When Josef Weber, an elderly man in Sage’s grief support group, begins stopping by the bakery, they strike... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Sage Singer is a baker. She works through the night, preparing the day’s breads and pastries, trying to escape a reality of loneliness, bad memories, and the shadow of her mother’s death. When Josef Weber, an elderly man in Sage’s grief support group, begins stopping by the bakery, they strike up an unlikely friendship. Despite their differences, they see in each other the hidden scars that others can’t, and they become companions.

Everything changes on the day that Josef confesses a long-buried and shameful secret—one that nobody else in town would ever suspect—and asks Sage for an extraordinary favor. If she says yes, she faces not only moral repercussions, but potentially legal ones as well. With her own identity suddenly challenged, and the integrity of the closest friend she’s ever had clouded, Sage begins to question the assumptions and expectations she’s made about her life and her family. When does a moral choice become a moral imperative? And where does one draw the line between punishment and justice, forgiveness and mercy?

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  • “To undertake a novel grounded in one of the most horrible crimes against humanity in history is a daunting task, because even when one is writing fiction, getting the details right becomes an exercise in honoring those who survived, and those who did not.”
    Jodi Picoult
  • “It was a strange idea, that what happened to me isn’t my tale to tell, but something completely separate from me. I wonder if this had been my problem all along: not being able to dissect the two.”
    Sage Singer

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My father trusted me with the details of his death.

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Part I:
Sage
Sage
Leo
Sage
Josef
Sage
Josef
Sage
Sage
Leo

PART II:
Minka
Minka

PART III:
Sage
Leo
Sage
Leo
Sage

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  1. Jodi Picoult (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Emily Bestler Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4391-0276-3
Page Count: 460

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