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Summary: Loved All Of The Characters!!!
Review: A great story about a young girl growing up, maturing and chasing memories of a mother that left her at a young age. Very, very good story. Paige grows into a sweet and talented woman from the average everyday family that marries into a very wealthy family, much to her shagrin.She carries the burden of her mother's unexplained desertion by always thinking she's the cause of anything negative that happens in her life. This is a great story about a young, first-time mother and her uncertainty. Boy, I sure can identify with Paige when she's questioning where "her" life went. She's either Dr. Prescot's wife or Max's mom.Paige worked hard to get her husband through Harvard, then unexpectantly gets pregnant. During this time span is when she realizes she has lost her own identity. There's way more to this story than all of this.....when you decide to read this book, you definitely will not be disappointed. WONDERFUL, MEANINGFUL, RELATEABLE STORY....Don't miss the chance to read this book.
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Summary: Powerful and Riveting
Review: After buying and reading Plain Truth on a whim, I knew I had to read more of Ms Picoult's books. I found this book to a lot different than the other I had read but also another amazing surprise. I found I couldn't put the book down and was sad when it came to an end. I really enjoyed the characters and the heartache. I highly recommend this book both as a love story and life story. If you want to be moved - read this book!!
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Summary: Not my favorite, but I still love Picoult
Review: After reading "Keeping Faith" and "Second Glance" in record time, I was thrilled to find a copy of "Harvesting the Heart" in my library. Other fans of Picoult will attest that her books frequently fly off shelves in libraries and waiting lists for them are long.
I liked "Keeping Faith" and LOVED "Second Glance", so I was expecting another page-turner by Picoult. While I didn't dislike the book, I didn't find it interesting either. In my opinion, the characters weren't terribly likeable or even all that believable. Unlike the other two novels, I had to force myself to finish the book.
Picoult is still a master storyteller, so I recommend that you check out some of her other works, particularly "Second Glance". "The Pact", "Salem Falls" and "Keeping Faith" are also worth reading.
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Summary: What a disappointment!
Review: AFter reading many of the reviews in here, I went to buy the book, excited to read it! Well, it only took me 3 months to finish it! I just couldn't pick it up! It was a chore to get thru this one. I so enjoyed the Plain Truth but Harvesting the Heart just didn't flow as well. Very tough to stay interested. However, the last 100 pages were very good and the only part of the book worth reading. I'm now a bit hesitant to read a third Judy Picoult book.
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Summary: What a disappointment!
Review: AFter reading many of the reviews in here, I went to buy the book, excited to read it! Well, it only took me 3 months to finish it! I just couldn't pick it up! It was a chore to get thru this one. I so enjoyed the Plain Truth but Harvesting the Heart just didn't flow as well. Very tough to stay interested. However, the last 100 pages were very good and the only part of the book worth reading. I'm now a bit hesitant to read a third Judy Picoult book.
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Summary: Touching story!
Review: After reading other books by Jodi Picoult that were intense in drama and courtroom scenes, "Harvesting the Heart" came as a pleasant surprise to me. The reader is pulled into Paige's anguish and you feel the need as she does, to get away and find herself so that she can give to her baby the kind of care that she feels he needs. Self-centeredness seems the topic of the day. But the characters are all true to life and once again Ms. Picoult has done a terrific job!
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Summary: novel of codependency
Review: After reading the many glowing reviews of this book, i feel compelled to say "i disagree". I found this book disturbing and unsettling and feel Paige, the story's protagonist, was treated very abusively by her husband. What unfolds throughout this novel is a tale of co-dependency,despite the appearance of recovery at the denouement--motherless young woman runs away from home after an abortion only to marry and becomes pregnant by a stoic surgeon. When post partum depression strikes, she abandons her child and husband and sets off to find her mother. the two reconnect during a 3mo visit in which paige develops self respect and realizes she has to love herself if she is to truly love others.Armed with new self awareness, she returns to her baby and husband, but is rudely rebuffed. at this point, i felt the character development COMPLETELY fell apart on ALL LEVELS making me lose interest in how the book would end; however, i kept slogging through, hoping she'd see the light (and a lawyer) to file for divorce and custody...Unfortunately, neither happens---she allows herself to be treated EXTREMELY disrespectfully by her husband, who slams doors (both literal and figurative) in her face, speaks harshly, and is emotionally abusive. In short, he is the same person he was before she left, while she is not. A real woman, armed with newfound self esteem would NOT tolerate these things, or say "i'll do whatever it takes to make him love me again", that a female author would write this type of ending, disturbs me. harvesting the heart COULD have been a wonderful piece of women's literature--the writing style was excellent and structurally it was sound--but it sunk to romance novel level with this very weak cliche-ridden ending. not at all what i've come to expect from penquin press.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: After reading the Pact, I didn't think Picoult's work could possibly get any better. I was wrong. Harvesting the Heart is by far the best book I have ever read. It contains much symbolism, but at the same time its not overdone. The novel left me thinking about my relationship with my boyfriend and also my mother. If you read any of Jodi's novels, chose this one. I didn't want the book to end!
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Summary: You have got to read this book.
Review: After reading this book I had to pass it around to everyone in my family and even had to buy extra copies due to the fact that no one wanted to give it back. Jodi Picoult has a way of writing that reaches into you and makes you think and feel everything her characters are going through. You are torn with emotions from the first page. Please read it and you'll understand. Her other books are equally accomplished. ENJOY!!
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Summary: Is there a bad Jodi Picoult book?!
Review: Although Harvesting the Heart was one of the first books that Jodi Picoult had written, it was one of the last of her books that I read and I must say that it was just as great as all the others! I have fell in love with Jodi's writing and have yet to find another author that I enjoy as much as her. Her writing style stays the same throughout all of her books, but the story lines change. They aren't the classic love stories, but rather Jodi's books tell a story that we can all relate to. Jodi makes the characters in "Harvesting the Heart so real. I found myself hating Nicolas for treating his wife the way he did. I found myself intrigued by Paige and her choices and talents. I couldn't help but laugh and cry with the characters in the book! If you loved "Harvesting the Heart" you will love any others written by Jodi Picoult.
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