This weeks student review is by Alexis P.
This book is about how people see color, or how they do not. This
book makes you think and reflect on your own life and how you approach
situations. Ruth Jefferson is a nurse that works on the labor and delivery
floor of a hospital when a white supremacists family comes in to deliver their
baby. The labor and delivery go as planned, but Ruth is not allowed to have
contact with the baby due to the color of her skin. When things go wrong with
the baby, Ruth, who is told she is not allowed to participate in the care of
the baby, steps in to try life saving measures on the baby, and everything goes
wrong. Ruth is then taken to court by the mother and father of the baby that passed
away in Ruth’s care. The trail is one that is eye opening to everyone involved
in the novel, the reader included. This book keeps your interest the whole time
and has many twists and turns throughout the novel. I have read many of Jodi
Picoult's books and this is by far one of my favorites.
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