by Jodi Picoult
First published 2012
Edward Warren has spent five years in Thailand, running from an explosive fight with his father Luke. A desperate phone call shatters his exile. Luke lies unconscious in a hospital bed after a devastating car accident that also injured Edward's younger sister Cara. The family faces an agonizing choice. Cara clings to hope, believing their father will recover if they wait long enough. Edward pushes to withdraw life support and donate Luke's organs to help others. Their battle becomes deeply personal. Does Edward genuinely want to help other patients, or does he seek final revenge against the father who drove him away? Cara will fight with everything she has to protect Luke from what she sees as her brother's cruelty. The siblings discover that the love meant to bind families together can also tear them apart when hope and reason pull in opposite directions.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Thailand
421 pages · Hardcover · Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Content warnings: death, medical-trauma, terminal-illness