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Vanishing Acts

Jodi Picoult

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Sep 18, 2012 Danielle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: jodi-picoult

My twelfth? I think Jodi Picoult novel. I had to force myself to put this down at times; it was just that good!

Vanishing Acts is the story of Delia Hopkins, a thirty-two-year-old woman with a four year old daughter who is planning her upcoming marriage to her fiance Eric. Delia was raised by her single father Andrew, who runs a senior citizen's center in their small New Hampshire town. Delia's and her family's lives are forever changed when a policeman knocks on their door one day, and she find ...more

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May 15, 2009 Christine rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, pull-at-your-heartstrings, jodi-picoult

I can see what everyone means now when they say all Jodi Picoult books are similar. I tend to agree. It didn't stop me from enjoying 'Vanishing Acts'. As much as I enjoy a happy ending though - I felt a lot of questions were left unanswered. This made the book feel very unbalanced. There was a lot of build-up to a quick, unsurprising ending. This prevented me from giving the book a higher rating. ...more

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Jul 03, 2009 Sandra rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2009

Another good, engrossing, emotional Picoult book.
It is a bit overloaded with drama, but then again if you can't stomach that, you shouldn't read Picoult ;) ...more

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