Father Michael, privately, admits to Shay that he was on the jury that convicted him to death. Ian Fletcher testifies as an expert on the Gnostic Gospels. Father Michael uses Shay's quotations from the Gnostic Gospels as his religious foundation. Shay's trial begins, and Father Michael testifies to Shay's religious belief that he needs to donate his heart to Claire to be redeemed.
June sneaks Dudley, the family's spaniel, into the hospital to make Claire feel better, and a nurse reveals the upcoming transplant to Claire, which June hadn't discussed with her daughter yet. Christian Gallagher, a doctor she's consulting to discuss organ donation for Shay. Maggie, Shay's lawyer, arranges a dinner meeting with Dr. Claire's doctor is able to determine that Shay is a perfect heart transplant match. Maggie, an attorney, begins the legal process to petition the commissioner of corrections to allow Shay to be hanged rather than executed by lethal injection, so he will be able to donate his heart to Claire. There she asks him, "Why did you do it?" to which Shay answers cryptically, "She was better off dead." Out of spite, June agrees to take Shay's donated heart once he is executed. June agrees to meet Shay in for a restorative justice meeting. The little girl that on television that Shay spoke about is revealed to be the daughter of June and the late Kurt, Claire, who has a terminal heart condition. During the night, Shay confides in Lucius that he wants to donate his heart to a little girl he saw on TV in need of a heart transplant. Shay resides in a cell next to Lucius DuFresne, an artist. Shay Bourne is transferred to the I-tier at the Concord state prison. The jury deliberates on the death penalty, and after much time, 11 members agree, with Michael Wright, a young man about Shay's age, being the last juror to agree on the death penalty conviction, after being coerced by the other jury members. The jury convicts Shay of two counts of capital murder. The case unfolds during the trial which becomes a media sensation. Shay, the construction worker, is identified as the only suspect. A young man named Shay Bourne offers to help with the addition, to which June explains is "the beginning of the end."Įlizabeth, June's eldest daughter, and Kurt are found murdered.
A number of years later, June is pregnant and Kurt plans to create an addition onto their home. At the scene of the accident, June meets Kurt Nealon, a police officer, who becomes a close friend and later June's husband. The novel explores themes of loss, redemption, religion and spirituality, and punishment.Ī man, Jack, is killed by an impaired driver, leaving his wife, June, and his daughter, Elizabeth behind. Change of Heart is the sixteenth novel by American author Jodi Picoult, published in 2008.
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