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Harvesting the Heart: A Novel
 

Harvesting the Heart: A Novel

by Jodi Picoult

The author of Picture Perfect "explores the fragile ground of ambivalent motherhood" (New York Times Book Review). Paige's mother left when she was five. When Paige becomes a mother herself, she is overwhelmed by the demands. Unable to forget her past, Paige struggles with the difficulties of marriage and motherhood. (read review)

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Liked It

Renae O
  • Rated 4 stars

“Jodi Picoult did a fabulous job opening the windows to the characters. I thought it was well-written and hard to put down.”

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Didn’t Like It

IrishFrog
  • Rated 2 stars

“I listened to this on audio and I find that I much prefer Jodi Picoult in that form.

I was interested in knowing how this book would be tied up, but I didn't necessarily like it. I didn't find any of the characters likable and, as is the case with many of her books, the plot was predictable.”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.631714 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.375 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Allison C

    allison c said:

    “This book wasn't my favorite. I felt it started very strongly but halfway through, I was struggling a bit to finish it. However, I thought that this topic was more interesting than her first book, Songs of the Humpback Whale - just not as well written. Jodi Picoult does have a certain knack of putting you in the other person's shoes and making you see everything from different points of views. In her first book, we sympathize with an adulterer. In her second book, she makes us think from the eyes of a very tired mother who has skeletons in her closet and cannot find another solution, other than abandoning her 3-month old son.”

    posted Friday, January 25 2008
  • Desdemona

    desdemona said:

    “It was nice to have a Picoult that finally ended happily. ”

    posted Tuesday, January 22 2008
  • deeptil

    deeptil said:

    “so its more abt man and woman's love or wat
    ”

    posted Thursday, August 30 2007
  • VickiMTaylor

    vickimtaylor said:

    “Harvesting the Heart is a love story. Between man and woman. Husband and wife. Parent and child. Woman and self.”

    posted Thursday, August 30 2007
  • varierprasanth

    varierprasanth said:

    “Can somebody what this book is about?”

    posted Thursday, August 30 2007
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