And now, when it seems that fate is offering her second chances, she is not as sure of the choice she once made.Īfter the crash landing, the airline ensures that the survivors are seen by a doctor, then offers transportation to wherever they want to go. Back in Boston, there is her husband, Brian, their beloved daughter, and her work as a death doula, in which she helps ease the transition between life and death for her clients.īut somewhere in Egypt is Wyatt Armstrong, who works as an archaeologist unearthing ancient burial sites, a career Dawn once studied for but was forced to abandon when life suddenly intervened. The shocking thing is, the thoughts are not of her husband but of a man she last saw fifteen years ago: Wyatt Armstrong.ĭawn, miraculously, survives the crash, but so do all the doubts that have suddenly been raised. She braces herself as thoughts flash through her mind.

She’s on a plane when the flight attendant makes an announcement: Prepare for a crash landing. How do we balance the rights of pregnant women with the rights of the unborn they carry? What does it mean to be a good parent? A Spark of Light will inspire debate, conversation.and, hopefully, understanding.Įverything changes in a single moment for Dawn Edelstein. One of the most fearless writers of our time, Jodi Picoult tackles a complicated issue in this gripping and nuanced novel. Told in a daring and enthralling narrative structure that counts backward through the hours of the standoff, this is a story that traces its way back to what brought each of these very different individuals to the same place on this fateful day. And the disturbed individual himself, vowing to be heard. A young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy. A pro-life protester, disguised as a patient, who now stands in the crosshairs of the same rage she herself has felt.

A doctor who does his work not in spite of his faith but because of it, and who will find that faith tested as never before. She will share the next and tensest few hours of her young life with a cast of unforgettable characters: A nurse who calms her own panic in order to save the life of a wounded woman. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic.īut Wren is not alone. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage.Īfter rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center-a women's reproductive health services clinic-its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors.

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