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| Vanishing Acts: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Jodi Picoult
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  181 reviews
Sales Rank: 254270
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Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 1.2
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B000YTFMVE
Publication Date: November 15, 2005
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"New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her ability to tap into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she explores what happens when a young woman's past -- a past she didn't even know she had -- catches up to her just in time to threaten her future. Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father, Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiance, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall. And then a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret that changes the world as she knows it. In shock and confusion, Delia must sift through the truth -- even when it jeopardizes her life and the lives of those she loves. What happens when you learn you are not who you thought you were? When the people you've loved and trusted suddenly change before your eyes? When getting your deepest wish means giving up what you've always taken for granted? Vanishing Acts explores how life -- as we know it -- might not turn out the way we imagined; how doing the right thing could mean doing the wrong thing; how the memory we thought had vanished could return as a threat. Once again, Jodi Picoult handles a difficult and timely topic with understanding, insight, and compassion. "
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 Tried to read but couldn't.. July 27, 2008
This was loaned to me by a co-worker who loved the book. I could not get through it. I tried but couldn't. She could have made this book in half the pages. On and on about her mother and what could have been.
 Amazing June 16, 2008
This is a great book, it is the kind of book you don't want to put down. I like how there are several turns in the book, just when you have made up your mind about a character something new comes along to give you a new perspectve.
 What we've come to expect from Jodi June 16, 2008
This is a pretty formulaic Picoult book. She tackles many issues in this book including kidnapping, alcoholism, memory, being a parent, etc. The novel is told from multiple perspectives: Delia, who finds out her father kidnapped her as a four-year-old; Eric, Delia's alcoholic fiance who happens to be a lawyer and defends her father; Andrew, Delia's father who spends a majority of the novel in jail; Fitz, Eric and Delia's best friend; and Elise, Delia's mother who has not seen her daughter in twenty-eight years. In true Picoult fashion, the sequence of events plays itself out: Andrew gets arrested and sent to Arizona to await trial, Delia, Eric, and their daughter relocate there temporarily, Fitz tags along and creates friction, Delia meets her mother, whom she thought was dead, and a trial begins, with Eric as the defense attorney.
Like all of Jodi's books, I was captivated and got though Vanishing Acts very quickly. It wasn't quite as engaging as some of her others, but I still enjoyed it. The one aspect I can say she could have done without was Andrew's narrative from jail. I understand the need to convey what a deplorable situation he was in, but I found it hard to believe that a sixty-year-old man would willingly engage in crime so freely with his fellow prisoners, even being a party to their Crystal Meth smuggling schemes. I liked the change of scenery in this book. For once, Picoult takes the reader outside of New England into a somewhat mystical Southwest. The conclusion left a few mysteries, but led the reader to form their own conclusions in regard to the truth. This is a book that any Jodi fan will enjoy.
 Just Couldn't Finish It, Zzzzzzzz June 11, 2008
I tried and tried, but this book never interested me. It drags on and on. Once the indian woman gets involved with the story it just became ridiculous.
I finally gave up 200+ pages in....
Wow! May 30, 2008
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GHI59KML9GOJ What a great book for summer reading!
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