You''ll hear it from Georgie, Cara, Edward, and from Luke himself. The book's chapters shift with the characters, with first-person viewpoints, making for very interesting reading. Moral and legal questions come to fore: Who should make critical medical decisions - someone who is legally of age, or who knows that person's wishes better? Who determines when to cut off life support? What if the patient wants to donate their organs? The already strained dynamics of a family in crisis becomes a legal battle as each one believes they know what's best in the interest of Luke Warren. The story revolves around the difficult decisions that family members must wrestle with, in their lives together, and their future together. Seventeen-year-old Cara, figured in the same accident as her father, but escaped with only minor injuries. Now faced with medical decisions needing to be made, Edward, the prodigal son, returns at the request of his mother. Georgie divorced Luke and made a new life for herself, marrying a lawyer and starting a new family. He had returned to an alienated wife and two kids, Edward and Cara. "human" life on hold and went to live among the wolves in the wild. That man is Luke Warren, a passionate zoologist, who had put his The story revolves around a man who was in an accident, lying comatose in the hospital. And so I was among the lucky ones who got an Advanced Reader Copy! So when I saw that her latest novel Lone Wolf was up for grabs in Goodreads, I didn't think twice. Jodi Picoult's powerful stories are not new to me.
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