Hardcover: 466 pages
Published: Atria (March 1, 2011)
Book Description:
One miscarriage too many spelled the end of Max and Zoe Baxter's marriage. Though the former couple went quite separate ways, their fates remained entangled: After veering into alcoholism, Max is saved in multiple senses by his fundamentalist conversion; Zoe, for her part, finds healing relief in music therapy and the friendship, then romantic love with Vanessa, her counselor. After Zoe and Vanessa, now married, decide to have a baby, they realize that they must join battle with Max, who objects on both religious and financial grounds. Like her House Rules and several other previous Jodi Picoult novels, Sing You Home grapples with hot button issues. The novel also includes a CD of songs, each matched with a chapter in the book.
Jodi Picoult sure knows how to write about controversial topics. I almost always love all of her books. Each one is so uniquely different. This book was no exception. I think that putting gay rights and religion in the same book was something to really think about. Depending on your religious beliefs, this book could sway your mood either way. I found that the book touched on things that I already believe and also things that I need to grapple with before deciding. Her books make you think that way, though. If you like Jodi's other books, then you'll enjoy this one, too. Not a YA book like I usually read, but a good author to consider alternating between. I never got a chance to listen to the music, tho. Bummer. (I had it checked out from the library)
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