Perfect Match - Softcover

Picoult, Jodi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1501111418 ISBN 13: 9781501111419

Publisher: Pocket Books, 2015

Synopsis

#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Jodi Picoult brings to life a female prosecutor whose cherished family is shattered when she learns that her five-year-old son has been sexually abused.
"What does it mean to be a good mother?
How far would you go in the name of love and justice?"
In the course of her everyday work, career-driven assistant district attorney Nina Frost prosecutes child molesters and works determinedly to ensure that a legal system with too many loopholes keeps these criminals behind bars. But when her own five-year-old son, Nathaniel, is traumatized by a sexual assault, Nina and her husband, Caleb, a quiet and methodical stone mason, are shattered, ripped apart by an enraging sense of helplessness in the face of a futile justice system that Nina knows all too well. In a heartbeat, Nina s absolute truths and convictions are turned upside down, and she hurtles toward a plan to exact her own justice for her son no matter the consequence, whatever the sacrifice.
From its provocative opening to the astonishing and revelatory finale, "Perfect Match" enters the raw and private realm of a parent s heart, and ultimately questions our assumptions about family, security, and love."

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Review

From the first few words of her latest novel, Jodi Picoult grips her reader so firmly it would be madness to struggle. And from then on, it’s such a roller-coaster ride that it’s as much as you can do to put it down before you’ve reached the very last word.

After years of dealing with abused children and their families and working her damnedest to bring the perpetrators to justice, assistant district attorney Nina Frost takes a while to recognise the signs of abuse in her only child. When five-year-old Nathanial stops speaking and finally, through sign language, identifies his abuser, Nina takes the law into her own hands. And so begins a fast and furious tale of twists and turns--just when you think you’ve got it covered, you move at right-angles and a new reality emerges.

Perfect Match delivers what Picoult fans would expect--intelligent, polished writing that feels so real and natural you might forget it’s fiction. Once again, she covers the familiar themes of love--here specifically parent and partner relationships--and what happens to ordinary people when the extraordinary turns their world upside-down. Her research is as impeccable as ever--Nina is believable as a DA and the court-room scenes feel like the real thing. The everyday details of modern family life are set against the life-shattering events that ordinary people come to believe they are immune from as Picoult explores the boundaries of decency, bravery and betrayal and the consequences of believing, if only for a split second, that you and your family deserve more.

A gripping read, but sadly unsatisfying--Picoult tries too hard to tie the threads and ends up losing hard-earned sympathy. ---Carey Green

Review

A gut-wrenching tale of mother love . . . contains enough blind alleys and red herrings to keep even the most astute readers on their toes. (Glamour)

Picoult's characters are so compelling that the reader hopes this won't be the last time we meet (USA Today)

A powerful and emotional novel (Closer)

At the heart of Perfect Match lies the true emotions of motherhood, with all the contradictions and intensity (Washington Post)

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1501111418
• ISBN 13: 9781501111419
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 512