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Sing You Home

  • 2011 first published
  • 466 pages
  • ★ 3.8 (5 ratings)
  • 2 editions

Jodi Picoult's Sing You Home (2011) is a sapphic fiction novel. Readers will find themes of divorced people, frozen human embryos, human reproductive technology and religious aspects.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 16 more have it on their want-to-read list.

At about 466 pages, most readers finish it in 8–9 hours.

About Sing You Home

A stillborn baby ends Max and Zoe's marriage. Max leaves Zoe and turns to drinking. Zoe falls in love with a female school counselor, Vanessa. Max finds help for his drinking problem through his brother's church. Vanessa and Zoe get married. Vanessa offers to carry one of Zoe and Max's fertilized embryos. Zoe goes to Max to get permission to release the embryos to her but Max's new found religious fervor leads him to sue Zoe for custody.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Divorced people
  • Frozen human embryos
  • Human reproductive technology
  • Religious aspects
  • Frozen embryos
  • Law and legislation
  • Lesbian couples
  • Reproductive technology
  • Domestic fiction
  • Music therapists
  • Lesbians

Quick answers

Who wrote Sing You Home?

Sing You Home was written by Jodi Picoult and first published in 2011.

What genre is Sing You Home?

It is usually shelved as Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction.

How long is Sing You Home?

The median edition has 466 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Sing You Home?

Readers who like it often enjoy Our Wives Under the Sea, Tell It to the Bees and Honor Girl.

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