Small Great Things
Ranked #9 in Book Types, Ranked #16 in Racism — see more rankings.
Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?
Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a... more
Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a... more
Rankings by Category
Small Great Things is ranked in the following categories:
- #31 in 2016
- #34 in Beach Reading
- #29 in Black and White
- #74 in Book Club
- #41 in Buzzfeed
- #52 in Justice
- #40 in Lawyers
- #76 in Mom
- #34 in Mommy
- #39 in New York Times Bestseller
- #25 in Nursing
- #71 in Resilience
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