This is controversial, as Hadley is 25 and Rebecca is 15, while Jane is 35 and Sam is 25. Soon into her stay at the orchard, Jane and Sam begin an affair, and a relationship develops between Rebecca and Hadley. The orchard is owned by Sam, who employs and lodges his friend, Hadley, as well as Jane's brother, Joley. Through a series of letters awaiting the mother-daughter duo at designated post offices, Joley guides Jane and Rebecca across the country until they are reunited, while Oliver begins to obsessively track them down. After a heated argument that culminated in Jane slapping Oliver, Jane calls her brother Joley, who is living and working on an apple orchard in Massachusetts. However, Oliver has a history of behaving emotionally abusive and emotionally unavailable. Oliver is a world-renowned marine biologist. Together, they have a teenage daughter named Rebecca. Jane Jones, a speech pathologist, has been married to Oliver Jones for almost twenty years. Oliver, her husband, tracks them down in an attempt to save his family. Her teenage daughter, Rebecca, chooses to come with her. The book is about Jane, a woman who chooses to leave her emotionally abusive and distant husband behind in favor of driving across the country from San Diego, California to live with her brother in Massachusetts on an apple orchard. Songs of the Humpback Whale (1992) is the debut novel of Jodi Picoult.
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