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Revision as of 04:51, 11 September 2008
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| Author | Jodi Picoult |
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| Cover artist | Zoe Sadokierski |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Family saga novel |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 369 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-74114-245-8 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
Picture Perfect (1995) is a novel by Jodi Picoult about a female anthropologist and the history of abuse she receives from her celebrity husband.
Plot summary
Cassandra Barrett, a renowned anthropologist, awakes lying atop a grave, suffering from amnesia and unable to recall any details about herself or her situation. She is taken in by Will Flying Horse, a half-lakota Los Angeles police officer, until she is retrieved by her husband, Alex Rivers, a Hollywood celebrity. As she returns to her Bel Air mansion, it would appear she lives a picture perfect life, until memories gradually return to her of Alex's repetitive violent behaviour towards her, and after finding a positive pregnancy test in her bathroom, she flees to Will who hides her at a Lakota ranch in South Dakota. She later returns to Hollywood with her son Connor, and after a final incident of abuse from Alex, she reveals in a press conference that she is divorcing him on grounds of extreme cruelty.