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Book Review of Vanishing Acts

Vanishing Acts
Vanishing Acts
Author: Jodi Picoult
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her beloved, widowed father, she now has a young daugher, a handsome fiance, and her own search-and-resuce 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...until a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret about herself that changes the world as she knows it---and threatens to jeopardize her future. With Vanishing Acts, Jodi Picoult explores how life---as we know it---might not turn out the way we imagined; how the people we've loved and trusted can suddenly change beofre our very eyes; how the memory we thought had vanished could return as a trheat. Once again, Picoult handles an astonshing and timely topic with understanding, insight, and compassion.