Trixie's protective father has been consumed with attempts to shield her from a new life, one that includes a boy with a proprietary hand around his daughter's waist. Reading Group Guideįourteen-year-old Trixie has been a ghost for fourteen days, seven hours, and thirty-six minutes now, not that she is officially counting. Revealing an “exceptional, unflinching, and utterly chilling” ( The Washington Post) portrait of today’s youth culture, Jodi Picoult pulls readers inside a shattered family facing the toughest questions of morality and forgiveness. Now, everything Trixie’s ever believed about her hero, her father, seems to be a lie as Daniel ventures to hell and back, seeking revenge. But when a single act of violence shatters her innocence, seemingly mild-mannered Daniel’s convictions are put to the test-while his own shockingly tumultuous past, hidden even from his family, comes to light. Comic book artist Daniel Stone would do anything to protect his daughter. She’s also a straight-A high school student, pretty and popular, and the light of her father’s life. From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult, a powerful novel that explores the unbreakable bond between parent and child, and questions whether you can reinvent yourself in the course of a lifetime-or if your mistakes are carried forever.įourteen-year-old Trixie Stone is in love for the first time.
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