Vanishing Acts: A Novel

Vanishing Acts: A Novel
by Jodi Picoult

Vanishing Acts: A Novel
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Author: Jodi Picoult
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2005-11-15
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Washington Square Press

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Summary: 4 Stars

Jodi Picoult has characters with lots of depth. Vanishing Acts is a fascinating story of a father and his daughter living a quiet, simple life in a small town in New Hampshire until one day there is a knock at their door...

I enjoyed the style Picoult's writing, hearing from each of the main characters in their own voice. The relationship of Delia, Eric and Fitz, childhood playmates and life long friends, was another fascinating dimension of the book.

Picoult writes of life inside a prison in a sadly believable way. And her trial scenes too are well done.

My one gripe is the relationship of Delia and her daughter Sophie with the next door neighbor in Arizona. It seems a little too familiar too fast and for that it is just not believable or interesting to read. It is too contrived and it seems a shame it was not edited out in the final draft.

Summary of Vanishing Acts: A Novel

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 fiance, and her own Search and Rescue bloodhound - which she uses to find missing persons. But as she plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall. Then a policeman shows up at her door, arresting her father for the kidnap of a little girl. And Delia's past and present fracture into little pieces. "Vanishing Acts" is a book about the very nature and power of memory. It explores what happens when the past we have been running from catches up to us, and questions who we trust to tell us the story of our lives before we are capable of remembering it ourselves.
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