Jodie Picoult - Sing You Home

review by Maggie on show 26th May
USUALLY ALWAYS GET A JODIE PICOULT BOOK HOT OFF THE PRESS, BUT THE BLURB DIDN’T SEEM
THAT I WOULD LIKE IT, HOWEVER ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS KINDLY BOUGHT IT FOR ME FOR
EASTER, AND ONCE I STARTED I WAS AS USUAL ENTHRALLED!!!
ZOE BAXTER A MUSICAL THERAPIST WANTS TO HAVE A BABY VERY MUCH, AFTER IVF AND TWO
MISCARRIAGES SHE 157 MONTHS PREGNANT AND ALMOST THERE, BUT TRAGICALLY SHE GOES INTO
LABOUR AND LOSES HER PREMATURE BABY. HEART BROKEN, SHE IS STILL ANXIOUS TO KNOW IF
SHE COULD STILL TRY AGAIN, BUT A LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS PRECLUDES THIS, AND
THEN HER HUSBAND MAX REBELS AGAINST THE WHOLE “BABY THING” AS HE PUTS IT, AND THEY
DIVORCE WITH DIVIDED ASSETS AND THE ENDOF THEIR LIFE TOGETHER.
SO FAR SO NEAT, BUT MAX REVERTS TO HIS FORMER DRUNKEN LIFE STYLE UNTIL A NEAR
DEATH EXPERIENCE RECONCILES HIM WITH HIS PATIENT AND FORBEARING BROTHER AND HIS
WIFE, BOTH DEVOTED EVANGELISTS AND GRADUUALLY MAX CHANGES COMPLETELY AND
JOINS THEIR FAITH. ZOE, MEANWHILE HAS RETURNED TO WORK AND WORKING WITH VANESSA A CHILD SOCIAL WORKER FINDS THEIR FRIENDSHIP TURNING TO LOVE, AND
EVENTUALLY THEY MARRY.
VANESSA OFFERS TO BEAR A CHILD FOR HER, THEIR ARE STILL THREE FROZEN EMBRYOS WHICH
NEED TO HAVE A DECISION MADE ABOUT THEM. WHEN ZOE ASKS MAX IF THEY CAN BE IMPLANTED
INTO VANESSA, HE IS PERSUADED TO FIGHT FOR THEM TO BE GIVEN TO HIS BROTHER’S WIFE ALSO CHILDLESS.
THERE ENSUES A COURT BATTLE WITH THE PASTORS OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH
ACCUSING VANESSA OF LIVING AN IMMORAL LIFE, AS DICTATED BY THE BIBLE, I.E. WOMEN AND MEN LIVING WITH MEMBERS OF THE SAME
YES, THIS BOOK IS AS WELL WRITTEN, WELL RESEARCHED AS ALL HER OTHERS, WITH METICULOUS DETAIL TO COURT DEALINGS AND KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN NATURE.
THE CONCLUSION WITH SUPRISE YOU, WELL IT CERTAINLY SUPRISED ME, BUT I CAN RECOMMEND
IT WHOLE HEARTEDLY!!