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Jodi picoult is the author of twentyfour internationally bestselling novels, including my sisters keeper, the storyteller and small great things, and has also cowritten two ya books with her daughter samantha van leer, between the lines and off the page. Currently approximately 14 million copies of her books are in print worldwide, translated into 34 languages. Small great things, jodi picoult s 24th novel, is the remarkable story of an africanamerican nurse, a white supremacist couple, and one infant whose fate pits them against each other. Small great things author jodi picoult talks about. Off the page 2015 cowritten by jodi picoult and her daughter, samantha van leer. Set in the wilds of africa, larger than life introduces alice, the unforgettable character at the center of picoult s anticipated new novel, leaving time. Its been said that amy hatvany is the new jodi picoult, and her latest novel proves all this and more with a heartfelt story of two sisters coming together after 35 years apart to find their birth mother.
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