

Sage is in a relationship with the local funeral director, Adam, who also happens to be married. Her best friend is Mary D'Angelis, an ex- nun who owns Our Daily Bread, the bakery where Sage works. Sage believes that her sisters, Pepper and Saffron, blame her for their mother's death, so she actively avoids contact with them. Sage works nights, alone, as a baker, as she believes that she deserves a lonely life. Sage is self-conscious about her facial scar, and chooses to wear her hair across her face in order to hide it. Sage's mother was killed in the crash, and Sage was left with a large scar across her cheek, which is a constant reminder that she was responsible for her mother's death. A couple of years before the story began, Sage and her mother were in a car accident while Sage was driving. Plot Ģ5-year-old Sage Singer lives in the small town of Westerbrook, New Hampshire. The Storyteller is the twenty-second novel written by the American author, Jodi Picoult.
