Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she’s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don’t want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?
Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a result, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white public defender, takes her case but gives unexpected advice: Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy’s counsel, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible for her family—especially her teenage son—as the case becomes a media sensation. As the trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy must gain each other’s trust, and come to see that what they’ve been taught their whole lives about others—and themselves—might be wrong.
With incredible empathy, intelligence, and candor, Jodi Picoult tackles race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion—and doesn’t offer easy answers. Small Great Things is a remarkable achievement from a writer at the top of her game.
發表於2024-04-29
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圖書標籤: 英文原版 種族 小說 美國 社會 女性 Picoult audible
跳著看瞭大部分,語言簡單、生活,故事主綫很直白。著重刻畫瞭每個人物的內心變化。
評分小而偉大的事,講述黑人護士遭遇不公的事情。聽書所得。
評分小而偉大的事,講述黑人護士遭遇不公的事情。聽書所得。
評分職業道德和種族歧視摻雜在一起,很精彩的設定。最後結尾有些戲劇性有些簡單瞭。歧視無處不在,主動的和被動的,不相信歧視會消失,隻要能剋製就算勝利瞭
評分這本書不僅情節引人入勝,也深入骨髓的探討瞭種族問題。作為一個從小受精英教育、自以為把種族平等貫徹得很好的我,來美國這麼久,第一次明白原來我根本不懂種族歧視啊,也下定決心從自己開始努力消除一切隱形的不公平
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