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A spark of light : a novel, Jodi Picoult

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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. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. 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. But Wren is not alone. 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 to save the life of a wounded woman. 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. A pro-life protester, disguised as a patient, who now stands in the crosshairs of the same rage she herself has felt. A young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy. And the disturbed individual himself, vowing to be heard
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
369 pages
Isbn
9780345545008
Instance
Label
A spark of light : a novel
Title
A spark of light
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
Jodi Picoult
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
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. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. 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. But Wren is not alone. 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 to save the life of a wounded woman. 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. A pro-life protester, disguised as a patient, who now stands in the crosshairs of the same rage she herself has felt. A young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy. And the disturbed individual himself, vowing to be heard
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1966-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Picoult, Jodi
Dewey number
813/.54
Index
no index present
LC call number
  • PS3566.I372
  • PS3566.I372
LC item number
  • L43 2018
  • S63 2018
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Hostages
  • Women's health services
  • Hostage negotiations
  • Family planning services
  • Abortion services
  • Abortion
  • Domestic terrorism
  • Hostages
  • Hostage negotiations
  • Family planning services
  • Domestic terrorism
  • Abortion
  • Abortion services
  • Birth control clinics
  • Terrorists
  • Women
  • Women's health services
  • Women's rights
Label
A spark of light : a novel, Jodi Picoult
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-369)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1027810759
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
369 pages
Isbn
9780345545008
Lccn
2018018966
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
A spark of light : a novel, Jodi Picoult
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-369)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1027810759
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
369 pages
Isbn
9780345545008
Lccn
2018018966
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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