Jodi Picoult brings the supernatural world of ghosts and other phenomena to life
in an unusual tale of love that transcends time and death. Second Glance is a story about the difference between life and really living. It is also about love.
As the tale evolves the possibilities of loving and living beyond all time are gently unwrapped and placed before the reader.
There is the mother with a son who has a rare disease, and as she focuses all her energy on him, the child sees the importance of living a rich full life.
A young man who is a ghosthunter enters. He is haunted by past events in his life that grow more and more confusing to him as he delves into the lives of those surrounding him, both dead and alive.
A young girl who lives far away from all of this, is thought to be going mad when she claims to be haunted by visions that are unexplained....
The stage for this story is a building site that once disturbed, seems to trigger a series of unnatural occurrences in a small Vermont town. When these phenomena cause the construction crew to walk off the job until an explanation can be found the ghosthunter is called in. The existence of an Indian burial ground elicits an investigation into that possibility. Between the ghosthunting and the legal and historical investigation, the facts of the past are uncovered, and the events that link everyone together are laid bare,and the truth is revealed.
Each person in Second Glance questions the value of time as it relates to living and loving and Jodi Picoult brings them to a wondrous revelation that will change the very fabric of their lives.
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