Small Great Things (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) : A Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race. This stunning deluxe edition includes a brand-new introduction from the author and cover art in addition to gorgeous sprayed edges and a stamped case. A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby requests that their nurse be reassigned—they are white supremacists and don´t want Ruth, who is Black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against bringing race into a courtroom. As the two come to develop a truer understanding of each other´s lives, they begin to doubt the beliefs they each hold most dear.