Lexile = 800
Ruth is an experienced nurse tending to the needs of new mothers and their babies in a hospital. One of the new babies belongs to a family of white supremacists and Ruth is black. She is told by her supervisor to not touch the baby under any circumstance. She complies with the order and terrible things happen.
This novel, like most of Picoult's writings, is timely and painful. It is about race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion. Great Small Things is a hard read. I think about it often.
Note: Great Small Things was written in 2016. It has recently been re-examined in light of #BlackLivesMatter. The white author is telling the story of a black woman. It has been argued that her audience is white women. Is this novel an example of #whitesplaining? Also, this novel was set to be made into a movie. We will see......
Watch a short interview with the author HERE.
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