"How do you recover the past when it was never yours to lose?"Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her beloved, widowed father, 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 Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall...
"How do you recover the past when it was never yours to lose?"Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her beloved, widowed father, 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 Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall...until a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret about herself that changes the world as she knows it -- and threatens to jeopardize her future. With Vanishing Acts, Jodi Picoult explores how life -- as we know it -- might not turn out the way we imagined; how the people we've loved and trusted can suddenly change before our very eyes; how the memory we thought had vanished could return as a threat. Once again, Picoult handles an astonishing and timely topic with under-standing, insight, and compassion.
I stare at him, speechless. He starts to repeat his confession, but I stop him before I have to hear it again. ‘Don’t tell me,’ I interrupt. ‘Don't say anything else, all right?’
Part of me has shifted into automatic defense attorney mode . If your client confesses-and they almost always want to -you put in earplugs and go about doing your job. Whatever the vice-felony or misdemeanor, murder or, kidnapping -you can still find a way to make a jury see the shades of gray involved. (查看原文)
I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a big brand on his fore head to warn us away. Criminals sit next to us on the bus. They pack our groceries and cash our paychecks for us and teach our children. They look no different from you or me. And that's why they get away with it. (查看原文)
Intriguing plot. 依然是多角度叙事，依然喜欢courthouse部分的debate，但对青梅竹马三角恋一直无感。Maybe my emotional attachment to this story is that I know what it feels like to have to grow up with an alcoholic parent.
achen
0 有用 左岸单行道 2016-01-19 23:36:06
Intriguing plot. 依然是多角度叙事，依然喜欢courthouse部分的debate，但对青梅竹马三角恋一直无感。Maybe my emotional attachment to this story is that I know what it feels like to have to grow up with an alcoholic parent.
0 有用 achen 2009-07-30 11:45:44
这次的结局部分，总算没有让人遗憾。
0 有用 早起的臭臭猫 2021-04-26 06:38:20
是我不喜欢的Picoult