It took me long enough, but I've finished another book. And just in time too! I'm about to move back to school, so this might be my last post for a bit. I finished reading Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult. I believe it's one of her older novels, and so I didn't find it quite as engaging as her others. It's not a court battle with thought provoking content, but rather it delves into the human emotions that encircle abandonment and whether that is a genetic trait. (well, it kinda goes into the genetic trait thing).
Basically, this novel is about a woman who was abandon by her mother and raised by her father. She runs away after high school and meets a med student, falls in love and marries him. When she has a son of her own, she proceeds to believe that she's not cut out to be a mother because her own mother had abandoned her, and so she runs away to find herself. Meanwhile her husband is left fuming and picking up the pieces (aka looking after their infant son).
I liked the end because it seemed that things were actually happening, but honestly, it's a pretty boring book, which makes me sad because it's by one of my favourite authors. Oh well, you win some you lose some. I find that with her later novels, they are more engaging and the I feel like I actually know the characters and feel for the characters, while with this book, it's not the same. I have another one of her books to read, but I believe this one will be more like the others (hopefully).
Anyway, until next time, happy reading!
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