Vanishing Acts - Jodi Picoult

What would you do if one day your whole world was turned upside down? What would you do if you discovered you’d been lied to for the majority of your life by the person you trusted the most in the world? What would you do if you found out you weren’t really who you thought you were? These are just some of the questions that are touched upon in Jodi Picoult’s novel entitled “Vanishing Acts.” I’ve been gradually working my way through her collection of novels ever since reading one of her first ones back in the early summer. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every single one of her novels so far and I’m glad to say that this offering was no exception. The ...

Jodi Picoult is particularly good at making readers ask themselves questions about morality. It's her hallmark, and one that she is very gifted at, exploring situations that others writers shy away from, or fail miserably at. She is amazing. When you read her books, you get to feel that apart from researching her subjects well, she has an uncanny knack of understanding human nature to the extent that the characters roll of the page as real people. Having read her more popular books that touched on subjects such as an infant being found dead in an Amish Barn and the moral questions that followed the event (Plain Truth), and a book about a young girl who was ...

Jodi Picoult Vanishing Acts Delia Hopkins is the main character of this book by Jodi Picoult who works along side her search dog finding missing people and loved ones for people from all types of places. Living in the New Hampshire area Delia is happy with life as it is even though she still lives with her father and her relationship with Eric, the father of her child Sophie, is not as steady as she would like it to be a. Sophie however is the pride and joy of Delia’s life and she couldn’t imagine being without her. After a series of memory recalls of random things that simply couldn’t have taken place in Delia’s life she ...