*Favorite* Hollow Bones by Jodi Picoult

Author Jodi Picoult is a generational talent.  Hollow Bones is her thirtieth book and once again Picoult writes a story that doesn’t shy away from moral and social issues.  In her author’s note she states that she has always wanted to write a book about the 9/11 attacks and the 25th anniversary felt like the right time.  Be sure to read her author’s note!  It felt right to share this review today.  Much like her other books, the author handles all these subjects with care and has done immense research.

{Thank you @prhaudio for the gifted audiobook of Hollow Bones by Jodi Picoult, out 9/15.  It’s a three part story narrated Rebecca Soler, MacLeod Andrews, and Julia Whelen.  They had me on the edge of my seat hanging onto every word!}

“That’s all motherhood is, you know, knowing you would trade your life for someone.”

At its core, this is a story about, reinventing ourselves, motherhood and bind of mothers and daughters, sacrifices, emergency preparedness, and mental health—specifically biopolar disorder and postpartum psychosis.  But maybe most of of all its a love story—love of your parents, love of your child, love of your spouse, love of your sister, love of your family—so much love!

On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old, her mother went to an appointment at the World Trade Center and never came home. Her father and the stepmother who raised her couldn’t have loved her more, but she still grew up with a healthy dread of disasters.

Now an adult, she runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness, mapping out ways to save lives during storms, epidemics, and airplane crashes. She and her husband, Jesse—a police polygraph expert with his own history of crisis—have found a love that is a solace in a dangerous world. But then the unexpected upends their new marriage, leading them both to question everything they thought they knew.

I gave this one full ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ because if I can read a nearly 500 page book in less than 24 hours, that’s got to count for something.  However, I will state—and this is just my opinion, everyone has different experiences and backgrounds—at times I felt like this was really unfair to Christians.  It was also tough to read about postpartum psychosis given the recent trial of Lindsay Clancy.  This book will stay with me and that’s worth something.