Picoult researched the behavior of gray wolves with the help of Shaun Ellis, the founder and head of Wolf Pack Management at Combe Martin Wildlife Park. Picoult chose to bring in elements of wolves after dreaming about them and wondering what a person would be like that lived with wolves rather than studying them from afar. Picoult initially began developing Lone Wolf in the early 2000s after speaking with a neurologist about his patients that were in vegetative states. It is almost impossible for Cara to reconcile the broken man in the hospital bed with her vibrant, dynamic father In the wreckage of her parents' ruined marriage, Cara decides to live with her father - an animal conservationist who became famous after living with a gray wolf pack in the Canadian wilderness.

Warren's father, Luke is comatose, and his sister, Cara, has also been injured.Ĭara still holds a grudge against Edward, ever since his departure led to their parents' divorce. Plot Įdward Warren has been living in Thailand for nearly 6 years, when he receives a frantic telephone call: His estranged family have been badly injured in a car accident in New Hampshire. The novel was released on Februthrough Atria Books and focuses on a man returning to his childhood home after a terrible accident.

Lone Wolf (2012) is the twentieth novel by the American author, Jodi Picoult and it is a New York Times bestselling book.

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