Jodi Picoult wrote Harvesting the Heart in 1993. This is one of her earlier books. The story explores the life of Paige, a young woman artist from Chicago. She is abandoned by her mother at the age of 5. She moves away from her father to the east coast where she is almost immediately swept off her feet by a medical student named Nicholas. They marry and after five years have a child. She put her schooling and interest in art aside to support him in his quest to be a cardiac surgeon. Neither is ready to be a good parent. Her husband can escape the tribulations of a newborn by going to work. She can't. Nicholas is not understanding or forgiving. The book is good except the ending blows. I think authors ought to decide what happens and provide us with resolution. I don't like to be left hanging.
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