Title: Change of heart : a novel /
Authors: Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
Publisher: Atria Books,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Murderers Fiction; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. Fiction; Repentance Fiction
Abstract: One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for justice. In short, waiting for a miracle to happen. For Shay Bourne, life holds no more surprises. The world has given him nothing, and he has nothing to offer the world. In a heartbeat, though, something happens that changes everything for him. Now, he has one last chance for salvation, and it lies with June's eleven-year-old daughter, Claire. But between Shay and Claire stretches an ocean of bitter regrets, past crimes, and the rage of a mother who has lost her child.--From publisher description.
Contents: Previously published: New York : Atria Books, 2008. -"Change of Heart looks at the nature of organized religion and belief, and takes the reader behind the closely drawn curtains of America's death penalty. Featuring the return of Ian Fletcher from Keeping Faith, it also asks whether religion and politics truly are separate, or inextricably tangled. Does religion make us more tolerant, or less? Do we believe what we do because it's right? Or because it's too frightening to admit that we may not have the answers?" -- Provided by publisher.