Solange du bei uns bist: Roman

by Jodi Picoult, Rainer Schumacher (Translator)

Overview

Edward Warren hat keinen Kontakt mehr zu seiner Familie, seit er wegen eines heftigen Streits nach Thailand ausgewandert ist. Eine schreckliche Nachricht führt ihn zurück in die USA: Sein Vater liegt nach einem Unfall im Koma, die Chancen auf Genesung sind minimal. Während seine Schwester Cara auf ein Wunder hofft, will Edward den Vater sterben lassen und seine Organe spenden. Wird er von Nächstenliebe oder von Rachegedanken angetrieben? Und wie weit wird Cara gehen, um das Leben ihres Vaters zu erhalten?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783838752686
Publisher:	Bastei Entertainment
Publication date:	05/16/2014
Sold by:	Readbox
Format:	eBook
Pages:	463
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years
Language:	German

About the Author

Born on Long Island, New York, Jodi Picoult was convinced that the tranquil, suburban setting offered no real inspiration to her for being a writer. There was no drama; just the daily grind of families living their lives. Eventually, though, the story of this challenge became the core of Picoult's bestselling novels.

Picoult studied creative writing at Princeton, and before she graduated, she had two short stories published in Seventeen magazine. This early success inspired Picoult to devote her life to writing. After college, she paid the bills with a series of copywriting and editing jobs, and she even taught eighth grade English. Marriage and children soon followed, and while she was pregnant with her first child, she wrote her first novel, Songs of the Humpback Whale, a remarkable tale told from five different points of view that heralded a bold new voice in fiction.

In subsequent novels—including phenomenal bestsellers like My Sister's Keeper (2004) and Nineteen Minutes (2007)—Picoult has mined the complex mysteries of everyday life: love, marriage, career, family. Faced with difficult, often painful moral choices, her characters struggle to find balance in an off-kilter world fraught with danger and shattered by terrible sociological ills like domestic violence, sexual abuse, and teen suicide. Though page-turners of the highest order, Picoult's stories avoid easy solutions and provoke thoughtful reading and animated discussion. Unsurprisingly, they are a favorite choice for book clubs.

From her web site, Picoult talks about the relationship between her family and her writing. "It took me a while to find the balance," Picoult says, "but I'm a better mother because I have my writing…and I'm a better writer because of the experiences I've had as a parent that continually remind me how far we are willing to go for the people we love the most."

Hometown:

Hanover, New Hampshire

Date of Birth:

May 19, 1966

Place of Birth:

Nesconset, Long Island, NY

Education:

A.B. in Creative Writing, Princeton University; M.A. in Education, Harvard University

Website:

http://www.jodipicoult.com/