ANOTHER AMAZING READ!

CHANGE OF HEART


WHAT IT'S ABOUT (taken from Doubleday Book Club)
New Hampshire’s first death-row prisoner in more than a half century, Shay Bourne has just a few months to go until his execution when word of miracles he’s performed in front of stunned inmates and prison officials catapults him into national headlines. No less extraordinary is his last request: to donate his heart to his victim’s desperately ill sister.

Called in as the condemned man’s spiritual advisor, Father Michael Wright is moved by Bourne’s sincerity but can’t help asking himself whether it’s possible that a convicted murderer could actually be a messiah. It’s a question Bourne’s lawyer, Maggie Bloom, has little time to contemplate as she tries to find a way to make her client’s wish come true. But is there anyone who can convince June Nealon, a woman tormented by grief and rage—and countless dreams of vengeance—to allow the man she hates a clear path on the road to redemption?

This powerful, emotionally wrought novel raises questions with no easy solutions as Jodi Picoult “forces us to think, hard, about right and wrong” (The Washington Post). But Change of Heart leaves no doubt why this #1 bestselling author is acclaimed as “a master of the craft of storytelling” (AP Newswire).

WHAT I THOUGHT...
This is the first book by this author that I have read and it has compelled me to find more of her books...yes I loved it that much! This book definitely makes you think many times over and over again about how you feel, or would feel if put in a situation, about certain issues. Yes this is a long read but it is also a quick read. This is definitely being put on my list of favorite books! I found myself rereading many passages just to let them sink in. Here are two passages that stuck with me...

(taken from page 184)
...I fitted myself around Claire's body, stretching beside her on the couch. In her sleep, she curled against me, a puzzle piece fitting back where it belonged. I kissed my daughter's forehead, unconsciously reading it for fever. This was my life now, and Claire's: a waiting game. Like Shay Bourne sitting in his cell, waiting for his turn to die, we sat imprisoned by the limitations of Claire's body, waiting for her turn to live.
So don't judge me, unless you've fallen asleep on a couch with your ill child, thinking this night might be her last.
Ask instead: would you do it?
Would you give up your vengeance against someone you hate if it meant saving someone you love?
Would you want your dreams to come true if it meant granting your enemy's dying wish?

(taken from page 279)
...It was so damn hard to find love in this world, to locate someone who could make you feel that there was a reason you'd been put on this earth. A child, I imagined, was the purest form of that. A child was the love you didn't have to look for, didn't have to prove anything to, didn't have to worry about losing.

If those passages made you stop and think for even a second you need to read the book. There is so much more to enjoy!