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Songs of the Humpback Whale: A Novel in Five Voices
Jodi Picoult

Washington Square Press, 2001 - 352 pages

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Sometimes finding your own voice

is a matter of listening to the heart....

Jodi Picoult's powerful novel portrays an emotionally charged marriage that changes course in one explosive moment....For years, Jane Jones has lived in the shadow of her husband, renowned San Diego oceanographer Oliver Jones. But during an escalating argument, Jane turns on him with an alarming volatility. In anger and fear, Jane leaves with their teenage daughter, Rebecca, for a cross-country odyssey charted by letters from her brother Joley, guiding them to his Massachusetts apple farm, where surprising self-discoveries await. Now Oliver, an expert at tracking humpback whales across vast oceans, will search for his wife across a continent -- and find a new way to see the world, his family, and himself: through her eyes.


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Great!

Book in great condition. Received in a timely manner. Very happy with purchase.


Good book...

This was again a good book. It is not my favorite from Jodi but definitely worth the read.


Starts fairly confusing, ends shabbily

I think the book started well, if a tad confusing.
Had to go back and forth a few tiimes to understand how it was written.
It was written from the future backward to the present and even the past. Trust me, pretty confusing.
For me, the end was dissappointing. No completion or closure especially after spending time detailing the story.
The male characters sometimes sounded real and other times, confusing also.
I would have rated this a 2 but in fairness, the story started off well.


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Not my favorite Jodi Picoult book

I have recently been introduced to Jodi Picoult's books by a friend of mine and this is the third that I have read (The first was Picture Perfect and the second was The Tenth Circle). I liked this one the least. I didn't like the way the story was arranged - with the prologue telling the ending but I DID like the story in 5 voices. I was also bored with Oliver and his whales and can't imagine how Jane could live with him. SPOILER: Finally, I hated the ending but understand it when considering that Jane was the adult child of an alcoholic father and was also sexually abused.

I agree with an earlier reviewer that it took a long time to get through this book. I normally read at least a book a week and this one took me two weeks to plow through. That being said, the characters were well developed and the story was certainly well told. This was definitely a wonderful first book for Jodi Picoult and I will continue to read her others.


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