Small great things : a novel / Jodi Picoult.
by Picoult, Jodi.
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BookPublisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2016]Edition: 1st ed.Description: 470 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780345544957.Subject(s): African American nurses -- Fiction | Criminal defense lawyers -- Fiction | Race relations -- Fiction | Racism -- Fiction | FICTION / Contemporary Women | FICTION / Literary | FICTION / SagasGenre/Form: Legal fiction (Literature)DDC classification: 813/.54 Summary: "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.
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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.
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