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When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think of Dickens.
Jodi Picoult
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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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Jodi Lynn Picoult
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I don't know what he means by that, but I nod and smile at him. You'd be surprised at how far that response can get you in a conversation where you are completely confused.
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A heroin-thin boy with enough rings in his eyebrows to resemble a shower curtain rod.
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Oh,that's right. You're a...what did you call it? Ah, a ghost hunter. You don't have to see things to believe them. Adam's gaze locked onto the persecutor's. Maybe you've got that backward, he said. Maybe it's just that I believe things you cant see.
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If his voice hasn't been the melody of my life, it's been the bass line, so subtle you don't notice it until it's missing.
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I’m gonna miss you,” Brianna says. “I’m gonna miss you too, baby,” Angelo murmurs. For Pete’s sake. It’s not like she’s leaving on a trip around the world. She’s only headed to homeroom.
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Just because fate had thrown another obstacle in my way didn't mean I had to give up my dreams.
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It is always hardest for me to write a book that has kids in it close to my kids' ages. It is always hardest for me to write a book that has kids in it close to my kids' ages.
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The legal system works really well, if you communicate a certain way. But if you don't, it all goes to Hell in a handbasket really quickly.
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