Amelia has always been model student-kind, courteous, academically successfully, etc. Even though Kate is an extremely busy lawyer & single parent, she finds ways to have quality time with her daughter. That changes one day when Kate gets a call from Amelia's prep school that she's been suspended for cheating. When Kate arrives an hour later, she lives with the painful reality of her daughter being dead--allegedly by jumping the roof of the school building.
Not only does Kate lives with overwhelming sadness of her daughter being gone and confusion over the nature of her death. One day, she receives a text message-- "She didn't jump." Kate's painful journey of truly understanding her daughter by uncovering the truth begins. All hidden secrets from both mother & daughter and those around them are on the table for being uncovered. Image located at www.goodreads.com/book/photo/15776309-reconstructing-amelia
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How would you feel if all what worked for and cared about was unfairly taken away? Ruth Jefferson has been employed as a neonatal nurse at New Haven hospital for 20 years. One day, a white supremacist couple Turk and Brittany Bauer refuse to have Ruth care for their newborn son Davis. However, Ruth is forced to watch Davis when she has to take over a shift for a nurse who has to handle another procedure. During that time, Davis stops breathing. If Ruth recitates the child, she is diobeying her bosses orders. If she does nothing, the baby may not survive. Ruth hesistates and overcompensates on the compressions when help arrives. In the end, Davis dies and Ruth is charged with murder.
The trial affects numerous parties. Turk uses his nefarious connections to build support for fight for justice for his son. He must also deal with his and Brittany's depression over the loss of their son. Ruth must figure out ways to support herself and son Edison without a nurse's license and limited job prosepcts. Edison, who had been sheltered by livng in a suburban upper Caucasian middle class commuinity, must confront the ugliness of racism for the first time. Finally, Kennedy, an ambitious defense attorney who has waited her due for a huge trial, is assigned Ruth's case. Ruth and Kennedy must confront prejudices and stereotypes to build a trust for an acquittal. Image from www.goodreads.com/book/photo/28587957-small-great-things
This book, currently adapted for film will truly engage audiences with this thought provoking question. How much would you risk to truly live? Madeline (Maddy) Winter has lived her life as "a bubble baby", a young woman who must remain inside the house. The few people she directly meets-her mother, Carla, and Mr. Waterman must be decontimaniated. Maddy receives an online education. Not surprisingly, Maddy longs for adventure & chance to see the real world. She wants everyday teenaged experiences- high school, prom, first kiss, etc. When Olly moves next door, Maddy makes a decision which really profoundly change her existence.
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