Description
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult is about Daniel Stone, a comic book artist who is also a devoted father. His life is shattered when his daughter, Trixie, is date-raped by her boyfriend, Jason. Daniel’s own tumultuous past, which he has hidden from his family, is revealed as he struggles with rage and the desire for revenge. The story explores the impact of this violence on Trixie and Daniel, the conflict between his artistic rage and his paternal instincts, and the question of whether a person can truly reinvent themselves. The title refers to a concept that there must be a “tenth circle” of hell for those who hurt their loved ones, which appears in the graphic novel Daniel creates within the book.
