Vanishing Acts - Hardcover

Picoult, Jodi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743454545 ISBN 13: 9780743454544

Publisher: Atria Books, 2005

Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her ability to tap into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she explores what happens when a young woman's past -- a past she didn't even know she had -- catches up to her just in time to threaten her future.
Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father, Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiance, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall. And then a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret that changes the world as she knows it.
In shock and confusion, Delia must sift through the truth -- even when it jeopardizes her life and the lives of those she loves. What happens when you learn you are not who you thought you were? When the people you've loved and trusted suddenly change before your eyes? When getting your deepest wish means giving up what you've always taken for granted? Vanishing Acts explores how life -- as we know it -- might not turn out the way we imagined; how doing the right thing could mean doing the wrong thing; how the memory we thought had vanished could return as a threat. Once again, Jodi Picoult handles a difficult and timely topic with understanding, insight, and compassion.

About this title

Review:

"[R]ichly textured and engaging."

-- "The Boston Globe"

"[A] masterpiece."

-- "Romantic Times"

"What is it about a Jodi Picoult novel that wraps the reader tighter than a spider's silk in the...intricacies of story? Never more gripping is the master plotter than in this, the story of Delia Hopkins."

-- Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of "The Deep End of the Ocean"

"Picoult creates compelling...characters...in a landscape that is fleshed out in rich, journalistic detail, so that readers will come away with intriguing questions."

-- "Publishers Weekly"

"Picoult is a solid, lively storyteller."

-- "The New York Times"

Book Description:

When is it right to steal a child from her mother? Jodi Picoult's explosive and emotive Sunday Times bestseller.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743454545
• ISBN 13: 9780743454544
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 418