![]() She leaves for school as normal, but she skips out of health class to make her 9:00 a.m. Although she is only 15, she knows that the Center staff will keep everything confidential. She plans to get contraceptives without anyone knowing. Wren wants to sleep with her boyfriend, and she needs birth control. The Center offers confidential care to all women, no matter who they are or how much they can afford to pay for treatment. When the novel begins, Wren is at the Center, a women’s reproductive health services clinic. ![]() Her father, Hugh, is a hostage negotiator for the local police force. The protagonist is 15-year-old Wren McElroy. Some of her books have been adapted for television. Picoult is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 contemporary novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() It has also been praised for its original narrative structure and its depiction of the arguments on all sides of the pro-life debate. The novel received an overwhelmingly positive reception from critics and literary reviewers for its careful treatment of sensitive themes. Jodi Picoult’s contemporary novel A Spark of Light (2018) centers on a girl held hostage inside a women’s health clinic and her desperate attempts to contact her father waiting outside. ![]()
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