Small great things
By: Jodi Picoult
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 509
ISBN-13: 9781444788037; 9781444788020
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Race relations; African American nurses; Fiction; Criminal defense lawyers; Racism; General
Description: "A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby requests that their nurse be reassigned - they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against bringing race into a courtroom. As the two come to develop a truer understanding of each other's lives, they begin to doubt the beliefs they each hold most dear"--Provided by publisher (from OCLC # 952139156).
Notes: Originally published in paperback in 2017.

Includes reading group questions for discussion.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-506).