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Change of Heart
Change of Heart: A Novel | Jodi Picoult
The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author presents a spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and one man's last chance at gaining salvation. Can we save ourselves, or do we rely on others to do it? Is what we believe always the truth? One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for justice. In short, waiting for a miracle to happen. For Shay Bourne, life holds no more surprises. The world has given him nothing, and he has nothing to offer the world. In a heartbeat, though, something happens that changes everything for him. Now, he has one last chance for salvation, and it lies with June's eleven-year-old daughter, Claire. But between Shay and Claire stretches an ocean of bitter regrets, past crimes, and the rage of a mother who has lost her child. Would you give up your vengeance against someone you hate if it meant saving someone you love? Would you want your dreams to come true if it meant granting your enemy's dying wish? Once again, Jodi Picoult mesmerizes and enthralls readers with this story of redemption, justice, and love.
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JenReadsAlot
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Mehso-so

Not my favorite by her so included some pictures from Cinque Terre Italy!

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JenReadsAlot
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this one!! Have you read any of her others? (edited) 12mo
Eggs ♥️♥️ 12mo
JenReadsAlot @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I've read a lot and enjoyed most! 12mo
marleed This was the audiobook I listened to while I drove from my home in Kansas City to a new river walk apartment life in San Antonio. Anytime I see the cover posted I think of hearing the ending on my first walk down the Riverwalk from Pearl Brewery to find my new Starbucks! 12mo
JenReadsAlot @marleed Love this story! I visited SA last Thanksgiving and enjoyed walking the river walk! 12mo
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Kshakal
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Eggs Excellent ♥️♥️ 12mo
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Eggs
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this one!! ❤️ 12mo
Eggs Me too♥️♥️ 12mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Happy Hump Day everyone!! My hubby bought me this book and I already had it 💙 he is the absolute best!! Soooo if anyone would like this copy drop a comment below ⬇️ 💛 US only for now…

#LitsyLove

Read4life I love Picoult‘s books. I haven‘t read this but you just gifted me a book so it‘s someone else‘s turn 💙 You are amazingly generous, Misty! 1y
Escapinwithbooks My sister loves her. 1y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life I love to share the love of books with others! It makes my heart happy ❤️ 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Escapinwithbooks let me know if you like it! Her books deal a lot with real life issues and some aren‘t pretty. I‘m slowly exchanging my paperbacks to hard cover of her books so I will have more to give away soon! 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life have you read A Man Called Ove?? 1y
Escapinwithbooks I haven‘t but just put it on my wish list today because I want to read it before I watch the movie. I try to always read the book first, if I know there is a book. 1y
Read4life Yes, I have. I love Backman. I was lucky enough to have been given an accurate description of the book beforehand so I wasn‘t shocked. I keep seeing it portrayed as warm & funny. While it has its moments, it is definitely a serious read. Have you read it? 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life yes.. I‘ve read it. My husband hasn‘t. It‘s been a while but I don‘t remember the scenes as graphic as they are saying in the movie.. 1y
Read4life I haven‘t seen Otto but I thought the book was more subtle than what I‘m hearing of the movie. Backman tackles serious topics & issues but I‘ve never thought of his writing as graphic. I don‘t remember the original movie being graphic either. 1y
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jessinikkip
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Book 2/100

Buddy reading this with a friend. I'm not sure how I'll feel about it. It's one of Picoult's few that I've never read before. We will see

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Billie84
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Just finished a mother‘s reckoning by Sue Klebold (if you‘re interested in the Columbine case give it a read. It‘s written by one of the killers (Dylan Klebold) mothers. Now going to start this change of heart by Jodi Picoult

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peanutnine
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#SavvySettings Prison
This was my bookclub's pick for the month. I couldn't get into the story, but in the beginning it takes place in the prison where one of the main characters is being held before his death sentence.
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

LinesUponAPage Jodi Picoult writes some of the most maddeningly sad books I‘ve ever read. I can see why it would be hard to get into. 2y
rubyslippersreads 😻😻😻 2y
Eggs Great photo!!!🐱😻 2y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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#HealedbyLove
#FlyHighJuly

“Would you give up your vengeance against someone you hate if it meant saving someone you love? Would you want your dreams to come true if it meant granting your enemy's dying wish?”

A day late!

Eggs Oh Jodi *sigh. Do I see a special Jodi Picoult library?!? She merits her own shrined area! Can‘t wait for the next one 😉😊❣️ 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs yes!! This is my Jodi shrine lol!!! 4y
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TheSpineView
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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One of the most talented authors at writing about controversial issues!! One of my favorites!!

#Talented
#ReallyRandomFebruary

OriginalCyn620 I haven‘t read much of her! I have Small Great Things but haven‘t gotten to it yet! 4y
Cupcake12 One of my faves too. I remember reading “The Pact” when I was much younger and loved her honest style of writing ✍️ 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Cupcake12 she writes about such controversial issues that sometimes make me question “what would I really do in this situation?” 4y
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To.be.dijana
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Pickpick

Still reading, and it keeps attention, thats for sure :)

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful photo and I LOVE Jodi 💗💗📚📚 4y
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LibraryCin
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Pickpick

There is a lot going on in this book, primarily religion and the death penalty. I found some of the religion “debates” interesting. The “magic” portions reminded me a bit of “The Green Mile”; one of the prisoners at one point nicknamed Shay “Green Mile”, which I did think was kind of a fun way to address that. At the same time, these events made the book less realistic for me. I still quite enjoyed it, though.

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chlolovesbooks
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Pickpick

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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AprilMae
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#manicmonday @JoScho #favoritesatoz
📚Tagged book
📚 Charlaine Harris
📚The Craft or Clueless
📚Chocolate or cherries

DebbieGrillo Mmmm chocolate covered cherries. 6y
JoScho @DebbieGrillo there you go-just combine the two! 6y
TaylorMay Awww Clueless is such a fun movie! 6y
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Buechersuechtling
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Bailedbailed

Ich breche ab auf Seite 77. Wie schon gesagt, ist mir die Handlung diesmal zu hanebüchen und der dauernde Perspektivwechsel macht es mir auch nicht leichter, in die Geschichte hineinzufinden oder mich mit ihr anzufreunden.

Insgesamt erinnert mich das, was ich bisher gelesen habe, an „Die Wahrheit der letzten Stunde“ und ich finde, wenn ich mit dem Buch ohnehin nicht zurecht komme, brauche ich auch keine Geschichte „zweimal“ zu lesen. ??‍♀️

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Buechersuechtling
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Vielleicht werde ich mit Shay doch noch warm. In diesem Kapitel wurde er nämlich zusehends interessanter. Ich sage nur: „Erdnüsse“ ?.
Und vielleicht macht es gar nichts, dass ich außer Lucius keinen der anderen Insassen unterscheiden kann.

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Buechersuechtling
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„Ehrlich, Ich übertreibe nicht, wenn ich sage, dass wir gezwungen waren, den Duft – den wunderbaren Duft – stundenlang einzuatmen. Als ich um drei Uhr morgens wirklich wach wurde, war der Schokogeruch so stark, als hätte der Brownie in meiner Zelle gelegen statt in der von Shay. »Wieso isst du das blöde Ding nicht endlich«, murmelte ich.
»Weil», erwiderte Shay, offenbar so hellwach, wie ich »ich mich dann auf nichts mehr freuen könnte.« (Seite 54)

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Buechersuechtling
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Knapp auf Seite 50 und das ist der erste PIcoult, von dem ich mir vorstellen kann, ihn nicht zu Ende zu lesen. Die Grundlage der Geschichte ist schon arg konstruiert. In meinen Augen bisher sogar total unrealistisch. 🙄

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Buechersuechtling
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Wie kann das sein, dass, wenn in Büchern ein Partner stirbt, das entweder aufgrund einer schweren Krankheit oder wegen eines Autounfalls verursacht durch Alkohol am Steuer, passiert. ?

In us-amerikanischen Geschichten gefühlt noch häufiger als in deutschen.

An was anderem sterben die Leute nicht, oder wie❓ Nur an den Ursachen von 2,2 ‰ Alkohol im Blut. Nerv.

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Buechersuechtling
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Naaa, wie weit bin ich darin gestern gekommen❓ Richtig, ich hab gar nicht mehr zu lesen angefangen. 😊🤭

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Buechersuechtling
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Wenn ich absolut unschlüssig bin, was ich lesen will, aber etwas suche, von dem ich weiß, dass es nicht packen wird, dann geht Jodi Picoult immer. ☺️

Von diesem Roman hier weiß ich inhaltlich nichts, nur, dass ich ihn im letzten Jahr auf einen Bücher Flohmarkt erstanden habe.

Lasset denSpaß beginnen, auch wenn ich ganz genau weiß, dass ich heute damit nicht mehr sehr weit kommen werde. ✨?

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cristiana_de_sousa
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Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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amb
Mehso-so

I feel like I've had a string of so-so books lately. The method in which the audio book was presented was super cool, each chapter is from the viewpoint of one of 5 characters, each character is performed by a different "actor." I loved hat about it. Like listening to a play, but the plot was so close to that of The Green Mile, it felt ripped off.

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amb
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So I'm listening to this one and it's actually being read by at least 3 different people which is cool, but is this just a lighter more uplifting Green Mile? Or do I just need to be more patient with it?
#samebutdifferent

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BookJunkie630
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“Even a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being tripped over” pg64

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Bookloverforever
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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#Changes
#Decdays
Love Jodi ❤️❤️❤️

Cinfhen I‘m a hit or miss with Jodi...but she can write some real tearjerkers 🙌🏻💕 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Cinfhen a lot of people are with her!! When I first got really into reading she was my go to ❤️ I ha e loved her since then! 6y
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Buechersuechtling

Der #MannMeinesVertrauens kennt mich gut. Denn _das_Buch_ hat _er_ gestern in den Büchermarkt-Kisten entdeckt. Als er mir das Buch liebevoll unter die Nase gehalten hat, "musste" ich es natürlich mitnehmen.

Ich bin gespannt, glaube aber nicht, dass ich zwei Picoults hintereinander lesen werde. Was wohl weniger an Jodi Picoult liegt als an Leihfrist-Zwängen. ?

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Yenya1954
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I love Jodi Picoult's novels. They always touch my heart. I would say it was a story of life and death in so many senses. The main characters had flaws, they were judged and judges. They were weak and strong. I will read this again in the future. Jodi's books will always have a home on my bookcases.

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Loric
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Pickpick

"Would you give up vengeance against someone you hate if it meant saving someone you love?" Like so many of Picoult's books, Change of Heart is full of controversy and ethical dilemma, in this case, capital punishment, organ donation, throw in a hefty mix of religion, molestation and some injustice. JP consistently writes in a manner that forces me to question things and reflect, and that is why I appreciate her books, regardless of the topic

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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I have so many Jodi books as y'all can tell!! This is the only book I have with any #shapeinthetitle ❤️❤️
#Junebookbugs

Cinfhen Pretty fish tank 🐠🐟🐠 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Cinfhen thanks!! My daughter's that I take care of lol 😂 7y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Happy Mother's Day ladies!!! ❤️❤️ so many books about mothers!! #Maybookflowers

asiriusreader Happy Mother's Day! 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @asiriusreader thank you!! You too! 💕 7y
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nickimags
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Another 50p book from the Oxfam Shop.

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janalou
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I absolutely LOVED this book. I love how Picoult really makes you think. Things are never as black and white as they may seem.