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Small Great ThingsJodi Picoult

Small Great Things

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"A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby requests that their nurse be reassigned - they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against bringing race into a courtroom. As the two come to develop a truer understanding of each other's lives, they begin to doubt the beliefs they each…

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10 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Large Print Press · 741 pages · 9781432857622
  • Paperback · English · 2017
    Ballantine Books · 9780425286029
  • Other · English · 2018
    Ballantine Books · 9780345544971
  • Other · English · 2017
    Hodder & Stoughton · 9781444788044
  • Other · English · 2017
    Hodder & Stoughton · 509 pages · 9781444788037
  • Other · English · 2016
    Hodder & Stoughton · 9781444788174
Race relationsAfrican American nursesCriminal defense lawyersRacismFictionAfrican americans, fictionLawyers, fictionFiction, family life, general