The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult An astonishing novel about redemption and forgiveness from #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Picoult. Sage Singer becomes friends with an old man whos particularly beloved in her community. One day he asks Sage for a favor: to kill him. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description An astonishing novel about redemption and forgiveness from the "amazingly talented writer" (HuffPost) and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult. Some stories live forever... Sage Singer is a baker. She works through the night, preparing the days breads and pastries, trying to escape a reality of loneliness, bad memories, and the shadow of her mothers death. When Josef Weber, an elderly man in Sages grief support group, begins stopping by the bakery, they strike up an unlikely friendship. Despite their differences, they see in each other the hidden scars that others cant. Everything changes on the day that Josef confesses a long-buried and shame-ful secret and asks Sage for an extraordinary favor. If she says yes, she faces not only moral repercussions, but potentially legal ones as well. With the integrity of the closest friend shes ever had clouded, Sage begins to question the assumptions and expectations shes made about her life and her family. In this searingly honest novel, Jodi Picoult gracefully explores the lengths to which we will go in order to keep the past from dictating the future. Author Biography Jodi Picoult received an AB in creative writing from Princeton and a masters degree in education from Harvard. The recipient of the 2003 New England Book Award for her entire body of work, she is the author of twenty-seven novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers House Rules, Handle With Care, Change of Heart, and My Sisters Keeper, for which she received the American Library Associations Margaret A. Edwards Award. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Visit her website at JodiPicoult.com. Excerpt from Book 1. Sage Damian held his hand high, as his soldiers laughed behind him. I tried to leap to reach the coins, but I couldnt, and stumbled. Although it was only October, there was a hint of winter in the air, and my hands were numb with the cold. Damians arm snaked around me, a vise, pressing me along the length of his body. I could feel the silver buttons of his uniform cutting into my skin. "Let me go," I said through my teeth. "Now, now," he said, grinning. "Is that any way to speak to a paying customer?" It was the last baguette. Once I got his money, I could go back home to my father. I looked around at the other merchants. Old Sal was stirring the dregs of herring left in her barrel; Farouk was folding his silks, studiously avoiding the confrontation. They knew better than to make an enemy of the captain of the guard. "Where are your manners, Ania?" Damian chided. "Please!" He tossed a glance at his soldiers. "It sounds good when she begs for me, doesnt it?" Other girls rhapsodized about his striking silver eyes, about whether his hair was as black as night or as black as the wing of a raven, about a smile so full of sorcery it could rob you of your thoughts and speech, but I did not see the attraction. Damian might have been one of the most eligible men in the village, but he reminded me of the pumpkins left too long on the porch after All Hallows Eve--lovely to look at, until you touched one and realized it was rotten to the core. Unfortunately, Damian liked a challenge. And since I was the only woman between ten years and a hundred who wasnt swayed by his charm, he had targeted me. He brought down his hand, the one holding the coins, and curled it around my throat. I could feel the silver pressing into the pulse at my neck. He pinned me against the scrubwood of the vegetable sellers cart, as if he wanted to remind me how easy it would be to kill me, how much stronger he was. But then he leaned forward. Marry me, he whispered, and youll never have to worry about taxes again. Still gripping me by the throat, he kissed me. I bit his lip so hard that he bled. As soon as he let go of me, I grabbed the empty basket I used to carry bread back and forth to the market, and I started to run. I would not tell my father, I decided. He had enough to worry about. The further I got into the woods, the more I could smell the peat burning in the fireplace of our cottage. In moments, I would be back home, and my father would hand me the special roll that he had baked for me. I would sit at the counter and tell him about the characters in the village: the mother who became frantic when her twins hid beneath Farouks bolts of silk; Fat Teddy, who insisted on sampling the cheese at each market stall, filled his belly in the process, and never bought a single item. I would tell him about the man I had never seen before, who had come to the market with a teenage boy who looked to be his brother. But the boy was feebleminded; he wore a leather helmet that covered his nose and mouth, leaving only holes for breathing, and a leather cuff around his wrist, so that his older brother could keep him close by holding tight to a leash. The man strode past my bread stand and the vegetable seller and the other sundries, intent on reaching the meat stall, where he asked for a rack of ribs. When he did not have enough coins to pay, he shrugged out of his woolen coat. Take this, he said. Its all I have. As he shivered back across the square, his brother grabbed for the wrapped parcel of meat. You can have it soon, he promised, and then I lost sight of him. My father would make up a story for them: They jumped off a circus train and wound up here. They were assassins, scoping out Baruch Beilers mansion. I would laugh and eat my roll, warming myself in front of the fire while my father mixed the next batch of dough. There was a stream that separated the cottage from the house, and my father had placed a wide plank across it so that we could get from one side to the other. But today, when I reached it, I bent to drink, to wash away the bitter taste of Damian that was still on my lips. The water ran red. I set down the basket I was carrying and followed the bank upstream, my boots sinking into the spongy marsh. And then I saw it. The man was lying on his back, the bottom half of his body submerged in the water. His throat and his chest had been torn open. His veins were tributaries, his arteries mapped a place I never wanted to go. I started to scream. There was blood, so much blood that it painted his face and stained his hair. There was blood, so much blood that several moments passed before I recognized my father. Details ISBN1439102775 Author Jodi Picoult Short Title STORYTELLER Publisher Atria Books Language English ISBN-10 1439102775 ISBN-13 9781439102770 Media Book Format Paperback Residence NH, US Birth 1966 DEWEY 813.54 Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-11-05 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2013-11-05 NZ Release Date 2013-11-05 US Release Date 2013-11-05 UK Release Date 2013-11-05 Pages 480 Imprint Atria Books Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:77139556;

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