In all honesty I've only read a handful of Jodi Picoult's novels - Change of Heart, Vanishing Acts, My Sister's Keeper and Plain Truth, all of which I enjoyed immensely and couldn't put down from cover to cover. I hold a great admiration for the way Picoult tackles quite sensitive and confronting issues head on but with a great deal of respect and sensitivity. Her research is thorough and her poise captivating.
Sometimes a book just catches your eye when you are least expecting it. I've been on school holidays and I went into my local bookstore with the ultimate purpose of finding something enjoyable to read and something that would just me a little downtime and change of pace from the hectic world I've been living in of late.
That's when "Sing you Home" caught my eye and was then in my hands and I was standing there lost in the first few pages! If a book can spark my interest within those first few pages, then I know its a keeper and worth the read {for me anyway}.
Sing you Home has all those familiar Picoult story lines ... There is the medical dilemma between a man and woman trying passionately to have a baby via IVF, then there is the trauma of a relationship breakdown when sometimes what you envisage just doesn't eventuate. The ethical dilemma of same sex relationships, the discovery of evangelical religion and ultimately a bitter and passionate legal advocacy over frozen embyro's (a woman, her partner, an ex-husband, his christian community fighting for custody).
When I am enjoying something I read, I am there within the pages, standing alongside the characters, sharing their journey, feeling the emotions and that's what I felt while reading this novel!
Not that I had a chance this time, but there are accompanying soundtracks you can download for the end of each chapter to feel where the character was at each time in the story of their life.
If you haven't already, add it to your reading library! You'll be glad you did!
Happy Reading!
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