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Harvesting the Heart

By: Jodi Picoult
Narrated by: Kate Harper, Garrick Hagon
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Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who abandoned her when she was five. Now, having left home and her father for dreams of art school and marriage to an ambitious young doctor, Paige finds herself with a child of her own. Emotionally and physically exhausted, overwhelmed by the demands of her family, Paige cannot forget her mother’s absence or the shameful memories from her own past. Her next step would have been unthinkable before her doubts about her maternal ability crept into her mind. Is it possible Paige’s baby would be better off without her?

©2010 Jodi Picoult (P)2010 Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction

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I am a big fan and thought this book was very good if a little slow at first. Some of the passages describing the feelings of a new mother are extremely emotive and sensitively written and tug deep at the heart strings

Good listen

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This book is typical Jodi Picoult: intense introspection into relationships coupled with quite a bit of medical detail (the author has medical training and it shows!). Paige and Nicholas are the couple whose relationship the book follows in minuet detail from exultant first flush of love to dissolution and resentment. The differences in their social backgrounds, the pressures of his work as a heart surgeon and her struggles with post-natal depression all add to the turmoil of emotions that the author is so good at describing. Having two narrators works well and both are good at making their characters come to life. I enjoyed the book and have only knocked off a star as I find the excessive use of similes annoying as it levaes little for the listener's imagination.

A relationship dissected

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I enjoyed it - I'm a big Jodi Picoult fan - however it was definitely not one of her best. The ending was particularly disappointing and there were odd inconsistencies with some of the characterisation. Having been through PND and very similar thought processes to Paige after the birth of my 1st child, I had been able to empathise with her in the beginning, but felt her character went a bit off course as the book progressed. If you're new to Picoult, try some of her other books first - My Sister's Keeper and Change of Heart are amazing.

Good but not great

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I found the whole book full and boring. I did not 'like' any of the characters and found I did not sympathise with them.
There were errors in the story too and a few with the narration.
overall a disappointing read (listen).

Dull and rather boring

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I generally like Jodi Picoult books but I really didn’t enjoy this at all. It lacked any depth or real story and I found the performances irritating and somehow the voices didn’t fit the characters. I will remain a Picoult reader but can’t recommend this book sadly.

Disappointing

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I kept waiting for something to happen but it's a fairly pedestrian account of a couple's relationship. Nicholas is an arrogant and unlikeable character, she's wet and drippy. Can't believe I listened all the way to the very predictable ending.

Pretty boring

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I have loved every book I have read by Jodi Picoult and that is quite a few, but this was so disappointing.
Yes it did look at relationships and specific issues as she usually does, but there was no intrigue. To be honest it was a struggle at times to stick it out and then the ending…..without spoiler I can’t say what I want to say, so I’ll say it again, disappointing.

Disappointed

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