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'To Kill a Mockingbird for the 21st Century' Real Reader Review When a newborn baby dies after a routine hospital procedure, there is no doubt about who will be held responsible: the nurse who had been banned from looking after him by his father. What the nurse, her lawyer and the father of the child cannot know is how this death will irrevocably change all of their lives, in ways both expected and not. Small Great Things is about prejudice and power; it is about that which divides and unites us. It is about opening your eyes.
Forlag Hodder & Stoughton
Utgivelsesår 2016
Format Heftet
ISBN13 9781444788013
EAN 9781444788013
Omtalt sted Connecticut
Språk Engelsk
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a million colors in your mind.
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