
We’ve always heard that question. You know the one – if two of your children were drowning and you could only save one, which one would you choose? Most parents dance around […]
We’ve always heard that question. You know the one – if two of your children were drowning and you could only save one, which one would you choose? Most parents dance around […]
On occasion, a book can leave me with the feeling of not knowing where to begin when discussing it. Sometimes it’s because I can’t verbalize my feelings for it adequately. More rarely, […]
I was introduced to Jodi Picoult after reading Nineteen Minutes, which was assigned as summer reading to the high school one summer. The good and bad side to reading so many books […]
There are some classic stories that one figures can never be quite adapted to our modern world. The story of the Salem Witch Trials, as told in Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, […]
We discovered the books of author Jodi Picoult in my house when one of them appeared on the school reading list for the summer. The teens and I were immediately hooked, and […]
They love to tell youStay inside the linesBut something’s betterOn the other side– John Mayer, No Such Thing For the eleventh grade summer reading this year, the kids were assigned the book […]
As the mother of a child on the autism spectrum, I knew House Rules would be a hard book for me and I was right. Along with being a compelling story and […]
It’s difficult enough being a parent with all of the usual worries we have about our kids. It seems that you can’t turn on the television without seeing something about picking up […]
In trying to keep an open avenue of communication with my own children, we have always tackled tough topics and I have had to answer some difficult questions from them. A topic […]
Jodi Picoult is an author that likes to tackle the hard questions in our society in her novels. From school shootings to individual rights to child molestation, she seems unafraid to tackle […]
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