Audra McDonald
Author
Description
"This stunning new novel is Jodi Picoult at her finest--complete with unflinching insights, richly layered characters, and a page-turning plot with a gripping moral dilemma at its heart. 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...
2) Annie
Publisher
Dist. by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Young Annie escapes her run-down orphanage determinded to find her parents. Her adventure takes her from the cold, mean streets of New York to the warm, comforting arms of a bighearted billionaire.
3) The vote
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"One hundred years after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, it tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in US history." --
4) Respect
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
The life story of legendary R&B singer Aretha Franklin.
5) Wit
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Description
An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is until she is diagnosed with a devasting illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. She finds that the fine line between life and death can only be walked with wit.
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Formats
Description
Jodi Picoult tackles issues of race and privilege in this ebook original short story, a prequel to her upcoming novel Small Great Things. In “Shine,” the master storyteller and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Time and My Sister’s Keeper introduces readers to the unforgettable Ruth Brooks.
Today is Ruth’s first day of third grade at Dalton. The prestigious...
Today is Ruth’s first day of third grade at Dalton. The prestigious...