Books I've Read :: Second Glance by Jodi Picoult

I picked up this and another of Picoult's books at the Vocal Vibes' monthly trade table.  I have enjoyed reading a few of her other books, so was looking forward to getting stuck into this one!

Synopsis
Do we love across time? Or in spite of it? A developer has slated an ancient Abenaki Indian burial ground for a strip mall, and now strange happenings have tiny Comtosook, Vermont, talking of supernatural forces at work. Ross Wakeman is a ghost hunter who's never seen a ghost - all he's searching for is something to end the pain of losing his fiance Aimee in a car accident. He tried suicide, any number of times. Now Ross lives only for a way to connect with Aimee from beyond. Searching the site for signs of the paranormal, Ross meets the mysterious Lia, who sparks him to life for the first time in years. But the discoveries that await Ross are beyond anything he could dream of in this world or the next. Expertly entwining a powerful drama of the heart's redemption and the disturbing real-life history of the Vermont eugenics project of the 1930s, Second Glance asks if truth is always something that can be measured… and if what can be measured is indeed always true.

One of Jodi's best sellers, this is about ghosts and haunted people. But it also delves into the ugly eugenics programs of early last century. Many Americans (and others) are surprised to know that a lot of the Nazi racial cleansing ideas were based on the eugenics programs which began in the US.

I found this a very interesting book, although not necessarily a great story, unlike Picoult's others, like "My Sister's Keeper".  I'd give it a 7 out of 10.