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Fiction · 2011 · PG-13

Sing You Home

by Jodi Picoult

When a marriage ends and embryos remain, a custody battle becomes a battle over identity

A stillborn baby ends Max and Zoe's marriage. Max leaves Zoe and turns to drinking. Zoe falls in love with a female school counselor, Vanessa. Max finds help for his drinking problem through his brother's church. Vanessa and Zoe get married. Vanessa offers to carry one of Zoe and Max's fertilized embryos. Zoe goes to Max to get permission to release the embryos to her but Max's new found religious fervor leads him to sue Zoe for custody.

For14+GenreFictionLength466 pagesRead time~11.5 hours

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Violence

Barely any

Miscarriage depicted; no physical violence

Language

Barely any

Mild profanity

Sexual Content

Some

A same-sex relationship; intimacy is present but not graphic

Substance Use

Barely any

Social drinking

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Pregnancy loss; religious pressure; custody battle; identity and self-acceptance

What this book is about

After miscarriages, infertility, and divorce, music therapist Zoe falls in love with a woman—and wants to use her frozen embryos. Her ex-husband, now born-again, fights to stop her. Picoult examines LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive law, and religious conviction with her characteristic multiple-narrator structure.

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Miscarriage and pregnancy loss

Religious pressure and shame

Legal battle over reproductive rights

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