Jane married Oliver, a successful oceanographer. She decided to reexamine her life and her marriage after one outbreak of violence to her husband. Jane takes her daughter and travels across America to stay with her brother Joley. Oliver, is left with his whale sound tapes behind in San Diego. Jane following instructions in a series of letters waiting for her in designated post offices, giving her concise directions to the next post office and each letter provides Jane with a chance to reflect on her forgotten past. Now, Oliver used to tracking humpback whales, has the task of tracking his unpredictable wife. This book is a cross country road novel, is a story of love, loss, and self-discovery, with an intricately plotted storyline and a moving tone. “Charming and poignant, Picoult's novel is even better after a second reading” Library Journal.
Picoult, Jody. Songs of the humpback whale: a novel in five voices, New York: Pocket Books 2001.
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