Small Great Things

书名：Small Great Things
作者：JodiPicoult
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ISBN：9780345544957
出版社：BallantineBooks
出版时间：2016-10-11
格式：epub/mobi/azw3/pdf
页数：480
豆瓣评分： 8.6

书籍简介：

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.

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书友短评：

@ 洛神。 真正能让人意识到种族问题的一本书。看过作者几本书了，都是感人至深。人物刻画栩栩如生，有极端种族主意的光头党，有怨天尤人看什么都是歧视的黑大妈，有努力工作一辈子的黑人女仆，还有努力融入主流社会但还是处处被歧视的老护士。最可怕的一种人是隐形的歧视者 unconscious bias。我们每一个人其实都会有那么一些偏见的。但是就是这么一点偏见，可以左右你每天的选择和认知。比如说我以前不相信歧视，觉着都是没能力，走歪路的人给自己的借口。可当白人领导对着工作评级连续三年顶级的我说，今年不给你升，因为觉着你跟中国同事说中文太多了的时候，我的内心就和Ruth一样，是我做错了吗？不！我们没有错，错的是这个畸形的社会。如果你要打破歧视，一定要大声说出自己的想法，为自己呐喊！每个人读这个故事都会有不同的收获。 @ bo-xxxx 这本和知更鸟那本有点像。种族矛盾大概是老米的热门题材吧，看着无太大共感。 @ [saŋˈɡriːə] 爱了

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