Would happen in real life? 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. Vetaran Jodi Picoult reader. This is my first non-five-star JP book. Subsequently, she kept a packed suitcase under her bed most her childhood. Not one of Picoult's more interesting novels. This book was most definitely not awesome! For me, taking a break from reading is a happy place on its own. Refresh and try again. After about a month off, I picked it up again. 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. She moves from Illinois to Massachusetts on a whim. The girl then spends the rest of her life trying to make sense of that. However, Harvesting the Heart was in one word disappointing. I mean, what is it like having a baby? Paige O'Toole only has a few memories of … Back. I remember being the same age as the main character, who was early 20's. Motherhood is hard! But her mother's absence and shameful memories of her past force her to doubt whether she could ever be capable of bringing joy and meaning into the life of her child, gifts her own mother never gave.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. Characters lacked depth. Why would you miss your child's most important first year? Because it's there. April 1st 1995 Her new home becomes Boston and in just a few short days of living there, Paige meets Nicholas, an up and coming cardiothorasic surgeon. Away. We form opinions and judge. We did not connect with any of the characters and a lot of the things happening in the book did not make sense to us. You end up waiting until the very last chapter for some happiness, and once it starts,... (read more). “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. I am one of those who must have read majority of her works. I enjoy her style of writing. Boring plot full of holes I could drive a truck through, and self-absorbed, completely unlikable characters, with the exception of Paige's father, who deserved better than the hand he was dealt. Motherhood is hard! Generally speaking, I love the author. Harvesting the Heart Harvesting the Heart explores the story of a young woman overcome by the demands of having a family. Out of Paige's struggle to find wholeness, Jodi Picoult crafts an absorbing novel peopled by richly drawn characters, and explores motherhood with a power and depth only she is capable of. It went as expected. Jodi Picoults worst. And usually they are cliched but OKAY. Because it's there. Hopefully the next person likes it better than I did, but if not, don't shoot the messenger. This book irritated the heck out of me. Thankfully, I didn't share the main character's past, just caught myself sympathizing with the fear of being a new mother. It's a nice night out! It is about a girl whose mother walks out on her and her father when she is a little girl. I could just just take all this. And so I can safely say this is not what we love. It probably was my least favorite of all of her books. Hell, he deserved better than being in this book. Some women abort. Subsequently, she kept a packed suitcase under her bed most her childhood. We’d love your help. Boy, was I wrong…very, very wrong! Sweet Jesus, this was the worst Picoult book I've ever read. Did anyone notice the Kiswahili line was rubbish? Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult When I am looking for a book to read and nothing is jumping before me, I can always turn to Jodi Picoult for a story that is well written and holds my interest from cover to cover. So I need to announce that I am seriously disappointed ...nay, DISGUSTED with the sloppy research in Jodi's 1995 Harvesting the Heart, the love story of a poor girl from Chicago whose father is a crackpot Irish inventor and whose mother abandoned the family when the daughter was 5 years old. Didn't feel the story was relatable, didn't care for the ending...not even sure what it was. This book is about Nicholas and Paige, a couple who married very young and are a bit of a train wreck. Why would you miss your child's most important first year? Nothing. We like using the book club discussion questions which we google on my IPAD. Lame. I wanted children, lots of them. Put. Taking care of a newborn is difficult. Started out promising, but the same old schmaltz about a man and a woman from opposite sides of the tracks and there's nothing special about her except that she's a girl-woman and she happens to be an amazing artist and she ends up ~changing him, except she has a troubled past due to her mother walking out and then her abortion and blah blah blah, oh and then she marries this guy after like two weeks and has a kid with him and then runs out on them both for a while and finds her mom. Whatever. Now, having ... From the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Small Great Things and My Sister's Keeper, a novel exploring the story of a young woman overcome by the demands of having a family. I wanted children, lots of them. Are you looking for Best Online Books for reading or an online library? It's one of those books that you hate reading, but that you must see through to the end. A mother runs away from her child because she doesn't think she'll be a good mother. I don't agree with what the characters did but that wasn't why I read it. During their early marriage they both have shoved their families out of their lives and they are attempting to make it on their own. People can be so blind in managing their lives and relationships. I longed to be a mother. While it was decent, this book didn't live up to my high expectations of her. I hadn't wanted to read another Jodi Picoult. They pretty much ignored each other the first half of the book, and then BAM! I suggest anyone in any relationship could take away something from this book. I read this book this spring and it was a hard book for me to read. What the heck? Shame, Jodi, shame. Some walk away from their children. Members, please login. Looks like the library is getting an extra donation this weekend. There were times I wished the children would just go away but I never thought of leaving. She walks out on her son and husband to go and find the mother that abandoned her. The ending is very ambiguous and we are left to never know if Paige and Nicholas reconcile or not. Boring plot full of holes I could drive a truck through, and self-absorbed, completely unlikable characters, with the exception of Paige's father, who deserved better than the hand he was dealt. Every character has managed to make make poor judgment calls, and they stubbornly refuse to trust each other with truth about the past... (read more). Jodi can string her sentences together, and she writes about moms and kids and relationships and stuff we can all relate to, especially when we are feeling slightly brain dead. I read this book this spring and it was a hard book for me to read. A terrible book! The novel was published in 1993 by Viking. Her new home becomes Boston and in just a few short days of living there, Paige meets Nicholas, an u. Her hopes as a young girl were that her mother would come back for her. A book is a story of events unfolding allowing the reader to form her opinion. © 2003 - 2017 BookMovement, LLC. Definitely co... (read more). This is a book I won't forget for a long time. If this had been my first Jodi Picoult novel, chances are it would’ve been my last. I have four of the most beautiful people you could ever meet. I have to say, I've recently had a fascination with mothers and pregnancy. The movie "The Good Mother" made me feel the same way this book did.