| 词条 | Small Great Things |
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| name = Small Great Things | image = Small Great Things.jpg| image_size = | caption = | author = Jodi Picoult | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = Novel | publisher = Ballantine Books | published = October 11, 2016 | media_type = Print (Hardcover and Paperback) | pages = | isbn =9780345544971 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}Small Great Things, is a work of fiction by American author Jodi Picoult. Picoult chose the title from the words of Martin Luther King, "If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way."[1] The book deals with the issue of race in America and revolves around the protagonist, a delivery nurse named Ruth Jefferson.[2] The book is being adapted into a film starring Viola Davis and Julia Roberts.[3] SynopsisThe story line involves an African-American labor/delivery nurse in charge of newborns at a Connecticut hospital. She is ordered not to touch the baby of a white supremacist couple. After the baby dies in her care, she is charged with murder and taken to court.[4] The story is told from the complex multiple racial perspectives of the principal characters, the nurse Ruth, Turk Bauer, the white supremacist father of the baby, and Kennedy McQuarrie, Ruth's lawyer.[5] Characters
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Critical ReceptionThe book has received positive and mixed reviews.[6][7][8] Eleanor Brown of The Washington Post wrote that "'Small Great Things' is the most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written. Frank, uncomfortably introspective and right on the day’s headlines, it will challenge her readers", although she felt that the book is "overly long, with a meandering middle, a tendency toward melodrama and a rushed ending that feels glib."[9] Roxane Gay of the New York Times thought Turk the white supremacist character well-written, however found the black character Ruth least believable: "The more we see of Ruth and her family, the more their characterization feels like black-people bingo — as if Picoult is working through a checklist of issues in an attempt to say everything about race in one book." She found it a "flawed novel" but felt "generous" toward the book and gave her "a lot of credit for trying, and for supporting her attempt with rigorous research, good intentions and an awareness of her fallibility". She wrote: "The novel is messy, but so is our racial climate."[10] References1. ^{{cite web|title=A quote by Martin Luther King Jr.|url=https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/313566-if-i-cannot-do-great-things-i-can-do-small|website=www.goodreads.com|accessdate=16 March 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web|last1=Clark|first1=Alex|title=Jodi Picoult: ‘Trump supporters need my book’|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/23/jodi-picoult-novelist-election-trump|website=the Guardian|accessdate=17 March 2018|language=en|date=23 December 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Viola Davis, Julia Roberts to Star in Drama ‘Small Great Things’|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/viola-davis-julia-roberts-small-great-things-1201973470/|website=Variety|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=30 January 2017}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Small Great Things Movie (Development): Feb. 1, 2017 - added drama as a genre - Movie Insider|url=https://www.movieinsider.com/m15075/small-great-things|website=Movie Insider|accessdate=16 March 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=SMALL GREAT THINGS by Jodi Picoult {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jodi-picoult/small-great-things/|accessdate=16 March 2018|language=en-us}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Jodi Picoult - Small Great Things - Book Review|url=https://bookpage.com/reviews/20453-jodi-picoult-small-great-things#.Wqs9Wejwbsw|website=BookPage.com|accessdate=16 March 2018|language=en}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Small Great Things {{!}} Bookreporter.com|url=https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/small-great-things|accessdate=16 March 2018|language=en}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Jodi Picoult “Small Great Things”- book review|url=https://litcritpop.com/2018/02/07/jodi-picoult-small-great-things-book-review/|website=litcritpop|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=7 February 2018}} 9. ^{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/small-great-things-is-the-most-important-novel-jodi-picoult-has-ever-written/2016/10/12/f18e0fdc-7eb4-11e6-8d13-d7c704ef9fd9_story.html?noredirect=on |first= Eleanor|last= Brown |date=October 13, 2016|title=Small Great Things is the most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written |work=The Washington Post}} 10. ^{{cite news|last1=Gay|first1=Roxane|title=Jodi Picoult’s New Novel Reviewed by Roxane Gay |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/books/review/jodi-picoult-small-great-things-roxane-gay.html|accessdate=16 March 2018|work=The New York Times|date=11 October 2016}} External links
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