I just started reading "Perfect Match" by Jodi Picoult .....yes another Picoult book. Anyway this book is mainly about a woman named Nina who is a lawyer who works on cases involving sexual abuse towards children. She always tried her hardest on these cases but never really truly thought about what those kids were going through until it happened to her own child Nathaniel who's only 5. Nathaniel refuses to speak so he has to use hand motions to tell them what happened to him. He says that their priest did it. I have no idea what's going to happen next but I'll have to wait and see.
Nina must feel completely helpless right now. I think that until something actually happens to someone is really the only time they can truly relate. What I mean by that is Nina could have worked on hundreds of cases involving sexual abuse on children but she didn't know what was like for their parents or them. Now that she is going through this traumatic experience with her only family does she understand how it feels.
Nina has also always sort of felt in control. Now there is really nothing she personally can do to help Nathaniel's case. She needs to let go and leave it in the hands of others, although I understand why she wouldn't want to do that. Nina is having trouble grasping the fact that they can't just take the priest and lock him up forever they don't have a compelling enough case if Nathaniel refuses to talk. Just like any other mother of course Nina is going to react the way she does --like she needs special treatment for Nathaniel and if he doesn't want to get on the stand he doesn't have to, but she's wrong. I think it's scaring her that she isn't in control of the situation.
This book looks kind of creepy but also very good. I wonder what's going to happen and I really hope that the priest gets caught for doing what he did-- if he in fact did it.
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