First off, Picoult chose to devote far too much time to the grandmother's backstory during WWII, especially given that the grandmother didn't seem to be the focal point of the story. At the same time, however, some story elements were handled in ways that detracted from the whole, keeping me from giving it the fourth star that a part of me really wanted to give it. "But see how much of me is left?" the grandmother asks the younger woman at one point, sending a message that the latter is slow to grasp even though she does grasp it by the end. There's much to like in this tale of two damaged Jewish women, a grandmother and granddaughter, who both carry visible scars of internal baggage. In this searingly honest novel, Jodi Picoult gracefully explores the lengths to which we will go in order to keep the past from dictating the future. With the integrity of the closest friend she’s ever had clouded, Sage begins to question the assumptions and expectations she’s made about her life and her family. If she says yes, she faces not only moral repercussions, but potentially legal ones as well. Despite their differences, they see in each other the hidden scars that others can’t.Įverything changes on the day that Josef confesses a long-buried and shameful secret and asks Sage for an extraordinary favor. When Josef Weber, an elderly man in Sage’s grief support group, begins stopping by the bakery, they strike up an unlikely friendship. She works through the night, preparing the day’s breads and pastries, trying to escape a reality of loneliness, bad memories, and the shadow of her mother’s death. An astonishing novel about redemption and forgiveness from the “amazingly talented writer” ( HuffPost) and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult.
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