Small great things : a novel Jodi Picoult.
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TextCopyright date: ♭2016Edition: First editionDescription: 470 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780345544957Subject(s): African American nurses -- Fiction | Criminal defense lawyers -- Fiction | Race relations -- Fiction | Racism -- FictionDDC classification: 813/.54 LOC classification: PS3566.I372 | S63 2016Summary: A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby requests that their nurse be reassigned - they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against bringing race into a courtroom. As the two come to develop a truer understanding of each other's lives, they begin to doubt the beliefs they each hold most dear.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | PICO (Browse shelf) | Available | 36278 |
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A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby requests that their nurse be reassigned - they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against bringing race into a courtroom. As the two come to develop a truer understanding of each other's lives, they begin to doubt the beliefs they each hold most dear.
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