After a series of personal tragedies, Zoe Baxter throws herself into her career as a music therapist. When an unexpected friendship with a colleague slowly blossoms into love, she makes plans for a new life, one that includes a loving partner, and raising children of their own. But to her shock and inevitable rage, some people - even those she loves and trusts most - don't want that to happen. What happens when the outside world brutally calls into question the very thing closest to our hearts: family? Zoe has always found hope and healing in her music, and now more than ever, she must hold fast to her own. For every life has a soundtrack - all you have to do is listen.
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ISBN:9781476776873 (paperback)
Physical Description:ix, 524 pages ; 17 cm print
Edition:First Pocket Books paperback edition.
Publisher:New York, New York : Pocket Books, 2014.
Baker & Taylor Ten years of infertility issues culminate in the destruction of music therapist Zoe Baxter's marriage, after which she falls in love with another woman, Vanessa, and wants to start a family; but her ex-husband, Max, in the grips of an anti-gay pastor, stands in the way. Includes a CD of songs created for the novel. (This title is being re-listed in Forecast). 1.5 million first printing.
Baker & Taylor Ten years of infertility issues culminate in the destruction of music therapist Zoe Baxter's marriage, after which she falls in love with another woman and wants to start a family, but her ex-husband, Max, stands in the way.
Simon and Schuster From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult, this astonishing novel is “another winner.…Picoult cleverly examines the modern world of reproductive science, how best to nurture a child and what, exactly, being a family means” (People).
Music has set the tone for most of Zoe Baxter’s life. There’s the melody that reminds her of the summer she spent rubbing baby oil on her stomach in pursuit of the perfect tan. A dance beat that makes her think of using a fake ID to slip into a nightclub. A dirge that marked the years she spent trying to get pregnant.
In the aftermath of a series of personal tragedies, Zoe throws herself into her career as a music therapist. When an unexpected friendship slowly blossoms into love, she makes plans for a new life, but to her shock and inevitable rage, some people—even those she loves and trusts most—don’t want that to happen.
“A carefully constructed, multilayered novel about the transformative power of storytelling” (Newsday), Sing You Home deals with identity, love, marriage, and parenthood. It’s about people wanting to do the right thing for the greater good, even as they work to fulfill their own personal desires and dreams. And it’s about what happens when the outside world brutally calls into question the very thing closest to our hearts: family.
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