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Picoult, queen of the nightmarish parental ethical dilemmas, is taking on Asperger's Syndrome this time around, with 18 year old Jacob Hunt being on trial for murdering his socialization tutor. It's an interesting study in what defines a disability, what allowances we need to make in schools and courts for people who have different ways of communicating, and how metaphorical our everyday conversation is. At 544 pages, the book has plenty of time to explore all of those things and more. There are
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Beginning with My Sister's Keeper, this is the 7th Jodi Picoult novel in a row I've read immediately upon its release. On one level I'm thinking her novels are becoming too formulaic. They all involve Parents dealing with a problem child, some sort of crime just about always occurs, and the reader can usually count on a dramatic court room scene. But there's no doubting just how compelling all these novels are. I get sucked into them right from the start every time. So I guess if it works, and i
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