Second Glance

Second Glance

by JodiPicoult (Author)

Synopsis

In a small Vermont town, an old man puts a piece of land up for sale, igniting a firestorm of protest from the local Abenaki Indians, who insist it is an ancient burial ground. To appease them the developer looking to buy the property hires a ghost hunter, Ross Wakeman. Ross is a suicidal drifter desperate to cross paths again with his fiancee, who died in a car crash eight years earlier. But after several late nights all Ross can lay claim to discovering is Lia Beaumont, a skittish, mysterious woman who, like Ross, is on a search for something beyond the boundary separating life and death. Thus begins Picoult's enthralling and ultimately astonishing story of love, fate and a crime of passion. SECOND GLANCE, her eeriest and most engrossing work yet, delves into a virtually unknown chapter of American history, Vermont's eugenics project of the 1920s and 30s, to provide a compelling study of the things that come back to haunt us - literally and figuratively. Do we love across time, or in spite of it?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Simon & Schuster International
Published: 19 Apr 2004

ISBN 10: 0743454510
ISBN 13: 9780743454513

Media Reviews
The Washington Post Book World In Second Glance, love does travel through time. You don't have to believe in ghosts to acknowledge the path it takes....
Author Bio
Jodi Picoult grew up in Nesconset, New York. She received a BA in creative writing from Princeton and a master's degree in education from Harvard. Her website can be found at http://www.jodipicoult.com.