Why do you think the author chose to include so many different perspectives? Was there a voice that you connected to most strongly? Why? Was there any character that you had difficulty connecting to? Why do you think that was? The story is narrated from the points of view of ten different characters: Wren, Hugh, Bex, George, Beth, Olive, Joy, Janine, Louie, and Izzy.Why do you think the author chose to structure the book this way? How does this unique structure affect your reading experience? How would your reading experience be altered if the book had been told in a more traditional chronological format? This novel is told in reverse, counting back in time the hours of the hostage stand-off.How do we balance the rights of pregnant women with the rights of the unborn they carry? What does it mean to be a good parent? A Spark of Light will inspire debate, conversation. Jodi Picoult-one of the most fearless writers of our time-tackles a complicated issue in this gripping and nuanced novel.
Told in a daring and enthralling narrative structure that counts backward through the hours of the standoff, this is a story that traces its way back to what brought each of these very different individuals to the same place on this fateful day. And the disturbed individual himself, vowing to be heard. A young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy. A pro-life protester disguised as a patient, who now stands in the cross hairs of the same rage she herself has felt. A doctor who does his work not in spite of his faith but because of it, and who will find that faith tested as never before. She will share the next and tensest few hours of her young life with a cast of unforgettable characters: A nurse who calms her own panic in order save the life of a wounded woman. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic.īut Wren is not alone. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage.Īfter rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center-a women’s reproductive health services clinic -its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. #ASparkOfLight debuted as #1 on the NYT bestseller list! Join the conversation about A Spark of Light This is Jodi Picoult at her best: tackling an emotional hot-button issue and putting a human face on it. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center-a women’s reproductive health services clinic-its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. How do we balance the rights of pregnant women with the rights of the unborn they carry? What does it mean to be a good parent? A Spark of Light will inspire debate, conversation… and, hopefully, understanding. A powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis.
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