I have been struggling with my current paper book (1Q84...although apparently a rest was all I needed) so I thought it would be a good idea to try an old favourite, as it were. Sing You Home has just come out in paperback, and I had been waiting for it anyway so when I spotted it half-price at WhSmiths I had to snap it up. 
 I've found Jodi Picoult's writing a little up-and-down lately. Handle with Care is a relatively recent one and it's my favourite, and I enjoyed House Rules but I was less than impressed by Second Glance and wasn't that keen on Picture Perfect. Add to that the publishers recent tendency to re-release obviously old novels and you can see why I was a little anxious when it came to reading this one. 
 Luckily is seems that Picoult is on form with this one. I wouldn't say I enjoyed it as much as some of her other work but it was certainly up to her usual standard. I found it very clever how Picoult managed to make the reader almost want both sides of the party to 'win'. I really liked Zoe and Vanessa but I liked Max too. I guess I could say I saw both sides of the story and although I ultimately came down on Zoe and Vanessa's side I didn't want Max to loose out and I really could see where he was coming from. Considering Picoult has a gay son (this is mentioned in the notes for the book) it seemed almost professional that she was able to present Max's side. 
 There was one little niggle I had though and that was to do with how Max's legal team handled his case. Now I am no legal expert, but even I could see that there was a better way to fight his corner.