A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult tells the story of a shooting that takes place at an abortion clinic in Mississippi. Caught up in the drama are ten people from whose perspectives Picoult tells the story. Central to the action are Hugh and Wren, father and daughter. Hugh is the hostage negotiator on the case when he discovers that Wren is inside the clinic. Picoult uses their story - as well as the stories of the eight others involved in the shooting - to discuss the complex themes of women’s reproductive rights, relationships between parents and children, the interconnectedness of all people, and how the choices they make affect others.
With ten novels published by the time she was thirty-seven, Jodi Picoult ranks among the more prolific and ambitious young American writers. She has been characterized by critics as a women's fiction ...
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