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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真的不想再讀黑白文化的書瞭，一點共鳴都沒有。。。
评分我覺得有些事情能讓我聯想到自己，黑人的民權運動是不是我們亞裔也應該藉鑒。Ruth和白人實習生見病人，病人自動認為白人實習生是老闆這種事情，幾乎每天都發生在我的身上。作者的視角是對的。等著羅伯茨的法庭戲。
评分We don't need equality, instead we need equity. Perfect timing for 我司最近的那篇關於女性的討論以及美國最近的白人至上。在中國這種單一文化背景下長大的，並不會多為這種問題而憂慮。但是我覺得華人應該更加政治敏感一些。
评分跳著看瞭大部分，語言簡單、生活，故事主綫很直白。著重刻畫瞭每個人物的內心變化。
评分跳著看瞭大部分，語言簡單、生活，故事主綫很直白。著重刻畫瞭每個人物的內心變化。
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