Picture Perfect
Jodi Picoult. Putnam Publishing Group, $23.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-399-14040-2
This politically correct Hollywood romance leaves no plotting stone unturned. For her discovery of an ancient human relic, glamorous UCLA anthropologist Cassie Barrett is rocketed to the prominence of a '90s-style Margaret Mead. As if that's not enough, she goes to Kenya as technical consultant on a movie starring hunk-of-the-month Alex Rivers. After a whirlwind romance, Cassie becomes the new Mrs. Rivers, toast of filmdom's beautiful people. But all is not bliss for the newlyweds: Alex's tortured past just won't let go, and Cassie must bear the brunt of his emotional scars. Perhaps attempting to salvage the predictable plot, Picoult administers to Cassie's bland character a dose of adrenalin-pumping amnesia. She also throws in a dollop of Native American culture and a noble savage who skirts the periphery of Cassie's tumultuous existence, always ready with sage advice, spiritual healing techniques and warm embraces. Some rather prettily told Indian legends are added to the mix, but the total effect is wide of the mark. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selection; film rights to Dove Audio; audio rights to Brilliance. (Mar.)
Details
Reviewed on: 02/27/1995
Genre: Fiction
Analog Audio Cassette - 978-1-56100-611-3
Compact Disc - 12 pages - 978-1-4418-0137-1
Compact Disc - 12 pages - 978-1-4805-1911-4
Hardcover - 720 pages - 978-0-7862-8374-3
Hardcover - 978-1-84456-216-9
Hardcover - 436 pages - 978-0-340-89795-9
MP3 CD - 978-1-5012-9002-2
MP3 CD - 978-1-4233-9066-4
MP3 CD - 978-1-4805-1912-1
Mass Market Paperbound - 978-0-425-15411-3
Open Ebook - 384 pages - 978-1-101-14713-9
Open Ebook - 978-1-4295-3334-8
Open Ebook - 978-1-101-35293-9
Open Ebook - 978-1-101-29353-9
Paperback - 384 pages - 978-0-425-18550-6
Paperback - 568 pages - 978-0-7531-8427-1
Paperback - 978-0-425-15491-5
Paperback - 448 pages - 978-0-340-93356-5
Peanut Press/Palm Reader - 978-1-4295-3335-5
