The Small Things: The story concentrates on an African-American labor/delivery (L&D) nurse, Ruth Jefferson, in charge of newborns at a fictional Connecticut hospital. Ruth is ordered not to touch or go near the baby of a white supremacist couple. After the baby dies in her care, Ruth is charged with murder, and taken to court. The Tenth Circle: Jodi Picoult's novel The Tenth Circle (2006) has date rape as a central plot and delves into the facets of father/daughter relationships. There are symbolic references to Dante's The Divine Comedy, in particular, the “Inferno” section. The title of the book comes from the first canticle of The Divine Comedy. Leaving Time: Leaving Time is a story of a child in the person of Jenna who teams up with a psychic in search of her mother who has mysteriously disappeared in a hospital after she was found almost dead in a sanctuary for elephants.

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