Harvesting the Heart

 Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who left when she was five. Now, leaving her father behind in Chicago for dreams of art school and marriage to an ambitious young doctor, she finds herself with a child of her own. But her mother's absence, and shameful memories of her past, make her doubt both her maternal ability and her sense of self-worth.

Review: Jodi Picoult explores the fragile ground of ambivalent motherhood in this lush second novel New York Times Picoult is at her best when she is writing about motherhood New York Daily News Picoult tackles this moral dilemma with honest conviction and beautifully written prose Good Housekeeping Jodi Picoult's novels often focus on lives turned upside down by some terrible event, and it's her way with the small emotional detail that makes them so rewarding Marie Claire