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Small great things : a novel

Picoult, Jodi 1966- (Author). McDonald, Audra, (narrator.). Campbell, Cassandra, (narrator.). Fliakos, Ari, (narrator.).

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?

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780735210196
  • ISBN: 0735210195
  • ISBN: 9780735210172
  • ISBN: 0735210179
  • Physical Description: sound disc
    13 audio discs (16 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [Westminster, MD] : Books on Tape ; New York : Random House Audio, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Compact disc.
Participant or Performer Note: Read by Audra McDonald with Cassandra Campbell and Ari Fliakos.
Subject: African American nurses Fiction
Criminal defense lawyers Fiction
Race relations Fiction
Racism Fiction
Connecticut Fiction
Genre: Legal stories.
Legal fiction (Literature)
Audiobooks.
Compact discs.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Small Great Things
Small Great Things
by Picoult, Jodi
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Author Notes

Small Great Things

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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