Harvesting the Heart

A Novel

By: Jodi Picoult

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Jodi Picoult’s Captivating Second Novel

From the New York Times bestselling author of My Sister’s Keeper, Lone Wolf, and the forthcoming The Storyteller, Harvesting the Heart is written with astonishing clarity and evocative detail, convincing in its depiction of emotional pain, love, and vulnerability, and recalls the writing of Alice Hoffman and Kristin Hannah. Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who left when she was five. Now, having left her father behind in Chicago for dreams of art school and marriage to an ambitious young doctor, she finds herself with a child of her own. But her mother's absence, and shameful memories of her past, make her doubt both her maternal ability and her sense of self worth. Out of Paige's struggle to find wholeness, Jodi Picoult crafts an absorbing novel peopled by richly drawn characters and explores issues and emotions readers can relate to.

“A brilliant, moving examination of motherhood, brimming with detail and emotion.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch

“Jodi Picoult explores the fragile ground of ambivalent motherhood in her lush second novel. This story belongs to… the lucky reader.” —The New York Times Book Review

Critic reviews

"Picoult writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships."
-The Boston Globe

"Picoult has become a master-almost a clairvoyant-at targeting hot issues and writing highly readable page-turners about them . . . It is impossible not to be held spellbound by the way she forces us to think, hard, about right and wrong."
-The Washington Post

Great

Loved it...it was very enjoyable!!.....ready for the next book. And now ready for some suspense.

left hanging

I am tired and frustrstef of listening to books that do not wrap everything up.

Learning new topics

Each time I listen to a Jodie Picoult book, I loo forward to learning some new. Her topics are very well researched. I like details in a story. I like all of her books. However I don’t think this was her best. But worth listening to.

Narration was flat

I found the storyline interesting, but could not develop any affection toward any of the characters. i enjoyed the Irish dad, but he a minor character. I think the very flat tone of the narrator affected the story for me as well. I forced myself to finish the book.

Performed well

The story was my least favorite Jodi Picoult book I’ve read so far, but it was performed very well