Atria/Emily Bestler Books
March 2012
On Sale: February 28, 2012
432 pages ISBN: 1439102740 EAN: 9781439102749 Kindle: B005JSV0ZW Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
A life hanging in the balance . . . a family torn apart. The
#1 internationally bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells an
unforgettable story about family secrets, love, and letting go.
In the wild, when a wolf knows its time is over, when it
knows it is of no more use to its pack, it may sometimes
choose to slip away. Dying apart from its family, it stays
proud and true to its nature. Humans aren’t so lucky.
Luke Warren has spent his life researching wolves. He has
written about them, studied their habits intensively, and
even lived with them for extended periods of time. In many
ways, Luke understands wolf dynamics better than those of
his own family. His wife, Georgie, has left him, finally
giving up on their lonely marriage. His son, Edward,
twenty-four, fled six years ago, leaving behind a shattered
relationship with his father. Edward understands that some
things cannot be fixed, though memories of his domineering
father still inflict pain. Then comes a frantic phone call:
Luke has been gravely injured in a car accident with
Edward’s younger sister, Cara.
Suddenly everything changes: Edward must return home to face
the father he walked out on at age eighteen. He and Cara
have to decide their father’s fate together. Though there’s
no easy answer, questions abound: What secrets have Edward
and his sister kept from each other? What hidden motives
inform their need to let their father die . . . or to try to
keep him alive? What would Luke himself want? How can any
family member make such a decision in the face of guilt,
pain, or both? And most importantly, to what extent have
they all forgotten what a wolf never forgets: that each
member of a pack needs the others, and that sometimes
survival means sacrifice?
Another tour de force by Picoult, Lone Wolf brilliantly
describes the nature of a family: the love, protection, and
strength it can offer—and the price we might have to pay for
those gifts. What happens when the hope that should sustain
a family is the very thing tearing it apart?
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