There were things missing from the list. Like dysfunctional families, for example. Were they better off when broken apart, too?

If motherhood was catastrophic for her, it meant I was the disaster.

And yet. I was the only disaster that Hannah O’Toole didn’t photo graph, wouldn’t chronicle, wasn’t drawn to.

I finished unpacking. I tucked in my blankets and brushed my teeth and unbraided my hair. I checked my backpack to make sure all my papers were in it for the morning.

Then I crawled into bed, taking the light my mother had gifted me under the covers. I stayed awake until the glow stick sputtered out, just as expected.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jodi Picoult is the author of twenty-seven novels, with forty million copies sold worldwide. Her last twelve books have debuted at #1 on the New York Times best-seller list, including her most recent, The Book of Two Ways. Five novels have been made into movies and Between the Lines (co-written with daughter Samantha van Leer) has been adapted as a musical. She is the recipient of multiple awards, including the New England Bookseller Award for Fiction, the Alex Award from the YA Library Services Association, and the New Hampshire Literary Award for Outstanding Literary Merit. She is also the co-librettist for the musical Breathe, and the upcoming musical The Book Thief. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.

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BY JODI PICOULT

Wish You Were Here

The Book of Two Ways

A Spark of Light

Small Great Things

Leaving Time

The Storyteller

Lone Wolf

Sing You Home

House Rules

Handle with Care

Change of Heart

Nineteen Minutes

The Tenth Circle

Vanishing Acts

My Sister’s Keeper

Second Glance

Perfect Match

Salem Falls

Plain Truth

Keeping Faith

The Pact

Mercy

Picture Perfect

Harvesting the Heart

Songs of the Humpback Whale

FOR YOUNG ADULTS

Off the Page

Between the Lines

AND FOR THE STAGE

Over the Moon: An Original Musical for Teens