![]() ![]() ![]() 'This powerful and affecting novel demonstrates that there are as many truths to a story as there are people to tell it. To do so he must learn to see the world - and even himself - through her eyes. Oliver, used to tracking male humpback whales across vast oceans, now has the task of tracking his wife across a continent. Each letter gives concise directions to the next post office each letter provides Jane with a chance to reflect on her forgotten past. Songs of the Humpback Whale (1992) is the debut novel of Jodi Picoult. Joley directs Jane across the United States in a series of letters waiting for her in designated post offices. Leaving Oliver and his whale tapes behind in San Diego, Jane and Rebecca set out to drive across America to Jane's brother Joley and the sanctuary of the Massachusetts apple orchard where he works. However, when her daughter Rebecca is similarly treated, Jane's dramatic stand takes them all by surprise. Escaping a childhood of abuse by marrying oceanographer Oliver Jones, she finds herself taking second place to his increasingly successful career. Jane had always lived in somebody's shadow. Songs of the Humpback Whale (novel), a 1992 novel by Jodi Picoult. Songs of the Humpback Whale (album), a 1970 album produced by bio-acoustician Roger Payne. ![]() Whale vocalization, sounds are used by whales for different kinds of communication. A powerful and sensitive novel of family life, which uses five narrative voices to tell a story of love, loss, and self-discovery. Songs of the Humpback Whale may refer to. ![]()
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