Thursday, February 10, 2011

Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult



As Jodi Picoult's Picture Perfect begins, it is daybreak in downtown Los Angeles. A woman suffering from amnesia is taken in by an officer new to the L.A. police force, after he finds her wandering aimlessly near a graveyard. Days later, when her husband comes to claim her at the police station, no one is more stunned than Cassie Barrett to learn that not only is she a renowned anthropologist, but she is married to Hollywood's leading man, Alex Rivers.
As Alex helps Cassie become reaccustomed to her fairy-tale existence, fragments of memory return: the whirlwind romance on location in Africa, her major anthropological discovery, the trajectory of Alex's career. Yet as Cassie settles into her glamor-filled life, uneasiness nags at her. She senses there is something troubling and wild that she cannot remember, something that would alter the picture of her perfect marriage. When she finds a positive pregnancy test in her bathroom, she is flooded with dark memories. Trying to piece together her past, she runs to the only person she trusts will keep her hidden--Will Flying Horse, the policeman who had initially harbored her.

Moving from the sweltering African grasslands to the desolate plains of the reservation to the claustrophobic glitz of Hollywood, Jodi Picoult's story is one rich in detail, breadth, and emotion. Picture Perfect is a lush, beautifully written novel that will captivate its readers.
-Goodreads

Really great book. Took me back to my home. (maybe even made me a little homesick) it is your typical Jodi Picoult book. You never know where she is going to take you and when she takes you there you never see it coming. It left me a little depressed. Now I am going to have to read some happy books to get over it. I will read more of her stuff for sure but I need to pace them in between some books.
3 out of 5 stars

1 comment:

  1. I really don't know if this should be my South Dakota book. I jumps around a lot. But it is what I am going to use it as. Fr now anyway. We will see if I change my mind.

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