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Harvesting the Heart: A Novel
by: Jodi Picoult

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780140230277
ISBN: 0140230270
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: April 01, 1995
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Sales Rank: 4156
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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The author of Picture Perfect 'explores the fragile ground of ambivalent motherhood' (New York Times Book Review). Paige's mother left when she was five. When Paige becomes a mother herself, she is overwhelmed by the demands. Unable to forget her past, Paige struggles with the difficulties of marriage and motherhood.

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- Compelling but unsatisfying
I enjoyed this book and found the storyline very compelling, but like many other reviewers by the middle of the book I found myself feeling a little let down. Neither one of the main characters was very sympathetic, particularly Nicholas, who quite frankly turns out to be a jerk who behaves irrationally and doesn't understand his own motivations. By the time Paige starts camping out on his doorstep I have no remaining sympathy for the guy, which makes it hard for me to care if Paige gets through to him or not because I feel like she's better off without him anyway. The thing that bothered me the most about this book, though, is that there was no resolution for any of the primary conflicts. Without revealing too much, it was obvious to me that the reason Paige leaves her husband and son is because she's not ready to be a mother and because her overworked husband isn't taking any of the load off of her (she's at home ... Read More

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- A disappointment compared to Picoult's other books
I've been a big fan of many of Jodi Picoult's books, especially "Change of Heart" and "My Sister's Keeper," but this book was a huge disappointment. The storyline, like the main character, can't seem to figure out where it wants to go. My biggest problem with the book, however, is the main male character. Nicholas is such a complete jerk, arrogant, angry, selfish and self-absorbed . . . I was honestly hoping that he'd be hit by a truck so that Paige and her son could put their lives together and move on. I would not have been surprised if he had turned out to be a physically abusive husband--he has all of the psychological characteristics of an abuser. I could not believe that he could change, and so I did not want the lovers to reunite. I wanted Paige to take her son and run away and never be found. A frustrating read, to say the least!

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- Dealing with the past
Before I begin, I have to say that I'm very biased when it comes to Ms. Picoult. I first saw her at a book signing for Nineteen Minutes and instantly liked her. Since that book signing, I've read nine of her books, with the intention of reading her entire collection. Having said that, I have to say the first part of Harvesting the Heart was extremely difficult for me to get into. I never thought of putting it down or reading another book. At times I had to force myself to read and looking back, I'm glad that I did.

I don't want to say too much about the storyline and when things began to pick up for me, (may be a spoiler for some) but after a certain event happened, I couldn't stop reading. After I finished reading the book, I thought about my feelings regarding the first chapters. When Paige and Nicholas first meet, they are from different worlds. He has had everything handed to him and she has given up ... Read More

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- Harvesting the advance money
Ever hear one of those recordings by some female singer who whines about what seems to be a perfectly nice life, then in the next song whines about how she didn't realize what a nice life she had until she lost it? That's this book. You can almost taste the unwashed beatnik hair you swallowed down in your triple decaf sugar free soy latte just thinking about it. So here's this dumb self-important artsy chick (you know the type) simpering around feeling incompetent, waitressing and watching TV, though she theoretically has the gift to see into people's souls in her drawings (the undeveloped hook that probably got the publisher to agree to this piece of schlock). Finally, three months after giving birth, she decides to "find herself" (yes, really) by searching for the mother who had abandoned her, whom she finds, and proceeds to go riding around for several months on some stupid horse metaphor. Bawltagonist claims she feels ... Read More

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