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  • The copy I own is signed by the author Jodi Picoult! I saw Jodi speak on March 23, 2005. I enjoyed hearing her speak. It was so refreshing and interesting to hear her thoughts on how her books turned out and what prompted her to write what she did.Vanishing Acts is good, but it definately isn't my f ... Continue

    The copy I own is signed by the author Jodi Picoult! I saw Jodi speak on March 23, 2005. I enjoyed hearing her speak. It was so refreshing and interesting to hear her thoughts on how her books turned out and what prompted her to write what she did.Vanishing Acts is good, but it definately isn't my favorite of her novels. I can't imagine finding out that the only parent you know actually kidnapped you when you were 3 or 4 years-old. Picoult again used the method of telling the stories from different perspectives. Each chapter was told from 1 of 4 perspectives--Delia, the girl who was kidnapped and now 30-something with her own daughter; Eric, her alcoholic fiancee and the father of her daughter; Fitz, the friend of both Eric and Delia Fitz has been in love with Delia for always; and Andrew, Delia's father who took her away from her mother.You can tell the research Picoult does for her novels. Everything seems so real and realistic.

    

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  • I did enjoy this book quite a bit, but I think that Jodi Picoult needs to vary her writing style. This is the third book that I have read by her, and each has the same plot; drama, flashbacks, and more drama all leading up to a (dramatic) court scene, then winding down to the conclusion. I like th ... Continue

    I did enjoy this book quite a bit, but I think that Jodi Picoult needs to vary her writing style. This is the third book that I have read by her, and each has the same plot; drama, flashbacks, and more drama all leading up to a (dramatic) court scene, then winding down to the conclusion. I like that she puts little random facts into each of her novels, because I think it helps her gain credibility, and its obvious that she possesses a ton of court knowledge.

    

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  • Don't get me wrong. It's a very good book. But it's not quite the page-turner as some of Jodi Picoult's other books are. Daughter finds out that the father she adores kidnapped her years ago to protect her from her alcoholic mother.

    

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• ― SaraA said on May 18, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her ability to tap into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she explores what happens when a young woman's past -- a past she didn't even know she had -- catches up to her just in time to threaten her future.

Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father, Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiancé, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall. And then a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret that changes the world as she knows it.

In shock and confusion, Delia must sift through the truth -- even when it jeopardizes her life and the lives of those she loves. What happens when you learn you are not who you thought you were? When the people you've loved and trusted suddenly change before your eyes? When getting your deepest wish means giving up what you've always taken for granted? Vanishing Acts explores how life -- as we know it -- might not turn out the way we imagined; how doing the right thing could mean doing the wrong thing; how the memory we thought had vanished could return as a threat. Once again, Jodi Picoult handles a difficult and timely topic with understanding, insight, and compassion.

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