Jane has always lived in someone else's shadow. Escaping a childhood of abuse by marrying oceanographer Oliver Jones, she finds herself taking second place to his increasingly successful career. However, when her daughter Rebecca is similarly treated, Jane's dramatic stand takes them all by surprise. Leaving Oliver and his whale tapes behind in California, Jane and Retrecca set out to drive across America to lane's brother Joley and the sanctuary of the New England apple orchard where he works. Now Oliver, an expert at tracking male humpback whales across vast oceans, must track his wife across a continent. To do so he will need to find a new way to see the world, his family and himself - through her eyes. Jodi Picoult's powerful novel portrays an emotionally charged marriage that changes course in one explosive moment.
