![]() ![]() ![]() When Nicholas, a medical student at Harvard, comes in to the diner late one night, Paige draws his portrait. Within a few weeks, Paige has a job and meets the man she marries. When Paige commits a sin against her father's Catholic beliefs, she feels as though she has no choice but to run away and begin her life elsewhere. Although Paige has a loving father, she feels her mother's absence in everything Paige does. Paige O'Toole barely remembers her mother because she left when she was just five. The novel portrays how one woman triumphs over those doubts. With Harvesting the Heart Jodi Picoult has delivered a novel that is not only heartwarming, but also deals with doubts every mother has experienced. However, Paige soon realizes she does not have to do what her mother did and that love is the only thing that truly matters. ![]() When Paige becomes a mother, she does not measure up to her own expectations and runs away, just like her own mother did. Paige has run away from one romance and the possibility of parenthood into a marriage with a successful surgeon that leaves her often dealing with the stress of life on her own. Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult is a touching story about a woman who has never known a mother and therefore has no reason to believe she can be a successful mother herself. ![]()
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