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Jodi Picoult is a prolific American novelist best known for her 2004 novel My Sister’s Keeper, which was adapted into a movie. Her novels focus primarily on family, relationships, and women’s issues and rights. She does not shy away from controversial or difficult topics; her novels have explored suicide, school shootings, and medical ethical dilemmas. Many of her novels, like Handle with Care, also have a courtroom drama element. Additionally, Picoult is an avid baker and often includes baking in her novels, which is reflected in Handle with Care.
Because Picoult often chooses controversial topics, she prepares to write her novels by conducting extensive research. For Handle with Care, she spoke with Kara Sheridan, “a scholar studying body image and self-esteem for disabled teens” (x), who also has Type III OI. Despite her research, Picoult has received some criticism for her depictions of disabilities. She typically focuses on how a child’s disability affects their mother, which means that “the predominant perspectives of illness or disability—whether sociocultural, transgressive, or tragic—are tied to the respective mothers” (Jarman, Michelle. “Disability on Trial: Complex Realities Staged for Courtroom Drama—the Case of Jodi Picoult.” Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies, 2012).
By Jodi Picoult
A Spark of Light
A Spark of Light
Jodi Picoult
Between the Lines
Between the Lines
Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer
By Any Other Name
By Any Other Name
Jodi Picoult
House Rules
House Rules
Jodi Picoult
Leaving Time
Leaving Time
Jodi Picoult
Mad Honey
Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan
Mercy
Mercy
Jodi Picoult
My Sister's Keeper
My Sister's Keeper
Jodi Picoult
Nineteen Minutes
Nineteen Minutes
Jodi Picoult
Plain Truth
Plain Truth
Jodi Picoult
Salem Falls
Salem Falls
Jodi Picoult
Small Great Things
Small Great Things
Jodi Picoult
The Book of Two Ways
The Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult
The Pact
The Pact
Jodi Picoult
The Storyteller
The Storyteller
Jodi Picoult
The Tenth Circle
The Tenth Circle
Jodi Picoult
Vanishing Acts
Vanishing Acts
Jodi Picoult
Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here
Jodi Picoult