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Small great things a novel

Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacist...

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Main Author: Picoult, Jodi, 1966- (Author)
Other Authors: McDonald, Audra (Narrator), Campbell, Cassandra (Narrator), Fliakos, Ari (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: [Westminster, MD] : New York : Books on Tape ; Random House Audio, [2016]
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
African American nurses > Fiction.
Criminal defense lawyers > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Connecticut > Fiction.
Legal fiction (Literature) > Connecticut.
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Summary: Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?
Item Description: Compact disc.
Physical Description: 13 audio discs (16 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 9780735210196
0735210195
9780735210172
0735210179
Author Notes: Jodi Picoult was born in Nesconset, New York on May 19, 1966. She received a degree in creative writing from Princeton University in 1987 and a master's degree in education from Harvard University. She published two short stories in Seventeen magazine while still in college. Immediately after graduation, she landed a variety of jobs, ranging from editing textbooks to teaching eighth-grade English.

Her first book, Songs of the Humpback Whale, was published in 1992. Her other works include Picture Perfect, Mercy, The Pact, Salem Falls, The Tenth Circle, Nineteen Minutes, Change of Heart, Handle with Care, House Rules, Sing You Home, Lone Wolf, Leaving Time, and Small Great Things. My Sister's Keeper was made into a movie starring Cameron Diaz. She received the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. She also wrote five issues of the Wonder Woman comic book series for DC Comics. She writes young adult novels with her daughter Samantha van Leer including Between the Lines and Off the Page.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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