According to her website, she spent time with a man called Shaun Ellis, who like her character Luke, had lived with a wild wolf pack. And when it comes to her mysterious four-legged characters, Picoult has clearly done her research.
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The wolves are cleverly woven into the narrative through a series of Luke’s flashbacks. A surprisingly moving metaphor for the intricate ties of human families, the reader comes to understand how members of a wolf pack need each other to survive - and how sometimes that survival means sacrifice. Georgie, the mother, is caught between her warring children, even as the case goes to trial.Īnd while the tie-in to the main action may not seem obvious, the book - true to its title - is also very much about wolves. Cara, who blames herself for the crash, is determined to wait for a miracle and keep Luke alive. Edward returns home from abroad, and after hearing the doctors’ prognosis - that his father will not recover - wants to cut off life support and donate his organs to save another life. Set in New Hampshire, the story opens when Luke and his daughter are in a car crash, which leaves Luke in a coma and Cara injured. His obsessive devotion to his wolf family, however, exacts its price on his human one, including adoring 17-year-old daughter Cara his estranged son Edward who moved away to Thailand six years earlier after a fight with his father and finally, Luke’s ex-wife Georgie, who is now married to a defense attorney (who will play a key role in the plot). The set up: Luke Warren, a biologist, has spent his life researching wolves - and has literally lived with them in the wild for nearly two years before creating his own captive wolf pack.
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Now, in her 19th novel, Lone Wolf, Picoult takes on the controversial and heartrending issue of whether or not to end the life of a loved one who is in a permanent vegetative state. In previous books she has written about families dealing with a number of obscure medical conditions and complex legal issues, including conceiving a child to become an organ donor for a sick sibling in My Sister’s Keeper. Bestselling novelist Jodi Picoult isn’t exactly shy about taking on tough issues.