The Storyteller

Jodi Picoult

Feb 2013 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

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 day’s breads and pastries, trying to escape a reality of loneliness, bad memories, and the shadow of her mother’s death. When Josef Weber, an elderly man in Sage’s 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 can’t.

Everything changes on the day that Josef confesses a long-buried and shame­ful 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 she’s ever had clouded, Sage begins to question the assumptions and expectations she’s 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.

Ratings and reviews

Extremely well written, but I had a hard time getting through it for the content. Literally thrown into the mindset of somebody with little to live for, I found myself not wanting to continue, either. Heartbreaking. Compelling ideas. Oh so predictable twist.

This book came highly recommended to read, however, I DID NOT like it!! I tried several attempts to read this but I just couldn't get into it. It was boring to me.

As always, Jodi Picoult pulled at my heart strings and had me turning each page wanting to know more. Although fictional, there's so much truth to it that it just fills your eyes with tears. I truly appreciate the history this book offers and I think it is humbling to know that pieces of this story actually happened to someone. It was written very beautifully. I loved the story within story aspect of it, too. Oh and that ending, my my my! I didn't see that coming...

About the author

Jodi Picoult received an AB in creative writing from Princeton and a master’s 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 Sister’s Keeper, for which she received the American Library Association’s Margaret Alexander Edwards Award. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Visit her website at JodiPicoult.com.