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Jodi Picoult Press Reviews

Tackles a divisive issue with incredible sensitivity - Woman Magazine

More seat-edge drama from the doyenne of hot-topic lit - Mail on Sunday

Picoult creates a gripping novel that explores the tough decisions people face very day - Happiful

The queen of issue-based fiction - Best Magazine

A matchless talent for hitting emotional notes - Irish Times

Meticulously researched... The reverse narrative works exceptionally well - Irish Sunday Independent

A truly powerful, thought-provoking - and timely - read - Image Magazine

The tense novel tackles two of the biggest issues facing America today: abortion and gun control and unravels what bought these people to this point - Evening Standard

A thought-provoking read that explores the intertwined fates of a group of very human characters - Woman's Weekly

She has delivered a tough yet compassionate read that is guaranteed to spark debate - Irish Independent

A timely, powerful and emotive novel - Sunday Mirror

A second after I read the last page I turned back to the start and read the whole thing again... I loved everything about it: the structure, the characters, the prose... all wonderful. -- Clare Mackintosh The incredible thing about this book is the level of research. She interviewed 151 women who'd had an abortion -- Pandora Sykes, The High Low Podcast A book that will no doubt inspire debate. Jodi has done a marvellous job of writing a novel fraught with tension and difficult situations. Her writing shows that she has done an incredible amount of research... It is a hard hitting novel and difficult topics have been handed incredibly well. - Books and Lovely Things

A special, important and powerful read. Jodi Picoult doesn't play safe - she examines, and pokes and brutally honestly tells us how it really is, and she always stays professional. - On My Bookshelf

Full of topical issues, this is a great book club read - Prima

Jodi Picoult's novels are always thought-provoking and her new one, A Spark of Light, addresses abortion rights. - Good Housekeeping

Picoult's novels are meticulously researched and she never shies away from controversial material. Told in reverse chronological order, each character's story draws the reader in - Women and Home

Like a modern Mrs Gaskell or a contemporary such as John Grisham, her intelligent, meticulously researched novels explore ethical dilemmas through heartrending, headline-grabbing scenarios - The Sunday Times

...this emotionally charged and thought-provoking drama cements Picoult's status as one of the most fearless novelists writing today. A Spark of Light is not only topical, unflinching and utterly compelling, it's also an important read. - Heat

With an intricate backward-weaving structure, a host of compelling voices and her captivating tone, this is a very special novel about a very difficult subject - Grazia

Expertly written... This topical novel presents both sides of the ever-present abortion debate in the form of a harrowing, thought-provoking story that will stay with you long after you've turned the last page - The Book Bag

Incredibly compelling and page turning -- Dolly Alderton It is hard to exaggerate how well Picoult writes - Financial Times

An urgent, shocking and human story. -- Daisy Buchanan An apposite and nuanced novel... Picoult writes about an emotive, controversial issue with unflinching precision - Red

A writer the world needs to be reading right now - The Independent