Jodi Picoult to Read Tonight

Bostonist first came across Jodi Picoult’s book The Pact on a bus ride home from New York City; after four hours on the Greyhound, we were hooked on this tale of two teenagers with love, suicide, and suspense. So like most books we get our hands on, we read it, forget about it and start reading some other author. Picoult’s work came back to us recently when My Sister’s Keeper was selected as our monthly book club’s selection (yes, Bostonist is in a book club…okay we were in one.) This was another suspenseful story of two sisters, one who was conceived in hopes of keeping the other healthy as she fights leukemia. Although it sounds pretty heavy, Picoult is able to keep it lighter than one would expect and extremely realistic and dramatic ("a page turner" if you will). So when we read that Jodi Picoult is in town tonight to promote her latest novel, The Tenth Circle, we were excited for this reading. And like her previous works, this book sounds like another one that we’ll tear through. A man, who has a past of stealing, drinking, and anger, reinvents himself to become a caring father. Yet once he learns of his daughter being date raped, the old him starts to struggle with his new self.

Picoult, 39-years-old, resides in New Hampshire with her family, has penned over 13 books and says that once she finishes one book, she immediately starts writing another. This explains how she’s already ready to publish her next book, Nineteen Minutes. She’ll be at the Newtonville Books in the Attic reading series tonight at 7:30p.m. The event is free and held on the second floor of the Union Street Restaurant, 107R Union Street, Newton. It's T accessible, too. Take the D Line to Newton Corner.