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005			20190515151932.0
008			180423s2018 nyu b 000 1 eng
010			_a 2018018966
020			_a9780345544988 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0345544986 _q(hardcover)
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100	1		_aPicoult, Jodi, _d1966- _eauthor. _988235
245	1	2	_aA spark of light : _ba novel /
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bBallantine Books, _c[2018]
264		4	_c�2018
300			_a369 pages ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 367-369).
520			_a"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center a women's reproductive health services clinic its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic. But Wren is not alone. She will share the next and tensest few hours of her young life with a cast of unforgettable characters: A nurse who calms her own panic in order save the life of a wounded woman. A doctor who does his work not in spite of his faith but because of it, and who will find that faith tested as never before. Apro-life protester disguised as a patient, who now stands in the cross hairs of the same rage she herself has felt. A young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy. And the disturbed individual himself, vowing to be heard. Told in a daring and enthralling narrative structure that counts backward through the hours of the standoff, this is a story that traces its way back to what brought each of these very different individuals to the same place on this fateful day. Jodi Picoult one of the most fearless writers of our time tackles a complicated issue in this gripping and nuanced novel. How do we balance the rights of pregnant women with the rights of the unborn they carry? What does it mean to be a good parent? A Spark of Light will inspire debate, conversation. and, hopefully, understanding"--
650		0	_aHostages _vFiction. _988236
650		0	_aWomen's health services _vFiction. _988237
650		0	_aHostage negotiations _vFiction. _988238
650		0	_aFamily planning services _vFiction. _988239
655		7	_aThrillers (Fiction) _2lcgft _988240
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _988241
655		7	_aSuspense fiction. _2gsafd _988242
655		4	_aThrillers (Fiction.) _988243
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