02687cam a2200361 i 4500 277595298 TxAuBib 20161101120000.0 160620s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016023120 9780345544957 hardcover ; acid-free paper $28.99 0345544951 hardcover ; acid-free paper $28.99 TxAuBib rda Picoult, Jodi, 1966- Small great things : a novel / Jodi Picoult. First edition (hardcover - white spine with color blocks - black and red letters.) New York : Ballantine Books, 2016. 470 pages ; 25. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes a bibliography. "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."--Us Weekly "[A] moving tale."--People "A fast-paced, surprise-ending mystery."--USA Today "Poignant. an entertaining story about parental love, friendship, loss."--The Washington Post"-- Provided by publisher. 20161101. African American nurses Fiction. Criminal defense lawyers Fiction. Race relations Fiction. Racism Fiction. African Americans Fiction. Legal stories. Connecticut Fiction. TXMLR