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Description

The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author presents a spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and one man's last chance at gaining salvation. Can we save ourselves, or do we rely on others to do it? Is what we believe always the truth? One moment June Nealon was happily... read more

Summary

Shay Bourne was a carpenter that worked for a family of 3: June, the mother, Kurt, the new father, and Elizabeth, Kurt's stepdaughter and June's daughter. June was 8 months pregnant with a girl. When she came back form her doctor's appointment, she found Kurt and Eliazbeth murdered, by Shay... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Cast of Characters/Important People

  • Shay Bourne: convicted rapist and murderer of a young girl and her stepfather, given the death penalty, through the course of the book is awaiting his execution, has a hard time expressing his feelings and what he is thinking, performs a variety of miracles familiarized in the New Testament of the Bible while he is in prison which lead the public to believe he is Jesus or some kind of prohet, desperately wants to donate his heart to the victim's sister after he is executed

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  1. Jodi Picoult (Author)
 

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