Jodi Picoult and the Anxious Parent

In the novels of Jodi Picoult, terrible things happen to children of middle-class parentage: they become terminally ill, or are maimed, gunned down, killed in accidents, molested, abducted, bullied, traumatized, stirred to violence. The assault on any individual family is typically mounted from angles multiple and unforeseen.

Published: Jun 17, 2009
Length: 11 minutes (2,893 words)
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