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Vanishing Acts: When is it right to steal a child from her mother? Jodi Picoult's explosive and emotive Sunday Times bestseller. Kindle Edition
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Picoult takes a red-hot topic and turns it into a gripping and thought-provoking novel'Sunday Express
Andrew Hopkins lovingly raised his daughter Delia by himself, allowing her to believe they lost Delia's mother in a car accident twenty-seven years ago.
But as Delia is preparing herself for the next chapter in her life, a policeman knocks on the door and reveals a terrible secret: that Andrew kidnapped his four-year-old daughter and led Delia's mother to believe she was dead.
Andrew is behind bars, and there is no doubt in anyone's mind that he is guilty. But does that mean that what he did wasn't right?
'She is the master of her craft . . . and humanity is what Picoult does best' Sunday Telegraph
MAD HONEY, Jodi's stunning new novel is available to pre-order now.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHodder & Stoughton
- Publication date20 Mar. 2008
- File size3391 KB
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The punch of a populist thriller (Elle)
Enthralling (Heat)
Picoult takes a red-hot topic and turns it into a gripping and thought-provoking novel
The punch of a populist thriller
Enthralling
She is the master of her craft . . . and humanity is what Picoult does best --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
From the Inside Flap
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 fiancé, 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 at her door, and her world fractures into something unrecognisable.
In shock and confusion, Delia must search for the truth among her newly discovered memories even when they threaten to devastate her life, and the lives of those she loves most.
Dont miss Jodi Picoults other astonishing novels. My Sisters Keeper, Plain Truth and The Pact are all available from Hodder.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.Book Description
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
I was six years old the first time I disappeared.
My father was working on a magic act for the annual Christmas show at the senior center, and his assistant, the receptionist who had a real gold tooth and false eyelashes as thick as spiders, got the flu. I was fully prepared to beg my father to be part of the act, but he asked, as if I were the one who would be doing him a favor.
Like I said, I was six, and I still believed that my father truly could pull coins out of my ear and find a bouquet of flowers in the folds of Mrs. Kleban's chenille housecoat and make Mr. van Looen's false teeth disappear. He did these little tricks all the time for the elderly folks who came to play bingo or do chair aerobics or watch old black-and-white movies with soundtracks that crackled like flame. I knew some parts of the act were fake -- his fiddlehead mustache, for example, and the quarter with two heads -- but I was one hundred percent sure that his magic wand had the ability to transport me into some limbo zone, until he saw fit to call me back.
On the night of the Christmas show, the residents of three different assisted-living communities in our town braved the cold and the snow to be bused to the senior center. They sat in a semicircle watching my father while I waited backstage. When he announced me -- the Amazing Cordelia! -- I stepped out wearing the sequined leotard I usually kept in my dress-up bin.
I learned a lot that night. For example, that part of being the magician's assistant means coming face-to-face with illusion. That invisibility is really just knotting your body in a certain way and letting the black curtain fall over you. That people don't vanish into thin air; that when you can't find someone, it's because you've been misdirected to look elsewhere.
Copyright © 2005 by Jodi Picoult
--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.Woman & Home
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- ASIN : B002V091W0
- Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton (20 Mar. 2008)
- Language : English
- File size : 3391 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 437 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: 7,129 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author

Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-eight novels, including Wish You Were Here, The Book of Two Ways, A Spark of Light, Small Great Things, Leaving Time, and My Sister's Keeper, and, with daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. Picoult lives in New Hampshire.
Her next novel, Mad Honey, co-written with Jennifer Finney Boylan, is available on October 11th.
Follow Jodi Picoult on Intagram, Twitter, and Facebook: @jodipicoult
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Dislike spoilers so I can't go in-depth but you won't be disappointed! Just completed the book and will be 're reading it immediately. Just so much to take in and think about! I will admit I rushed it to find out the verdict but I am already missing the characters I have got that involved in their stories
Thankyou Jodi Picoult yet again for allowing me to step into a different life and time :)
I enjoyed the different characters having their own chapters, it carried the story forward but provided a different angle on the situation.
The story was an interesting choice. Fathers in the 70's didn't have the parental rights they do now, so it made me think "what would I do?" if I had concerns about my child and I knew no one would listen?