Book review- Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
The year 2023 ended with Jodi Picoult's nail-biting court drama novel, Small Great Things. This was the second read from the author, and I am highly impressed with the drama, emotion and facts presented dramatically in the book. A black woman, Ruth, with a teenage son, has been a labour and delivery nurse for over 20 years. When a newborn baby of the white supremacist Turk and Brittany Bauer dies, Ruth is held responsible. She is charged with felony crimes, and her fate lies in the hands of the public defender Kennedy McQuarrie, a white woman. And there begins the drama and the saga of the hurricane of emotions. The ending is dramatic (which I like personally ) This book made me reflect on the self-confidence we generally carry, that we are not prejudiced…, and that we are broad-minded. However, we all have pre-notion regarding several persons, things, places, etc., and our preconceived notions reflect on the surface of our thinking and actions as and when a situation ...