Plain Truth
a totally gripping suspense novel from bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper
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4.3 • 7 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'Stunning, Stunning, Stunning... This was sensational' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Fantastic book beautiful story about life, love and loss and how it makes us who we are. Just loved it' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This story broke my heart more than once. I laughed and I cried and I also could not put it down' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
From international bestselling author Jodi Picoult comes an unforgettable, heartbreaking story about the nature of truth, justice and the price we pay for love.
Katie Fisher is Amish. For eighteen years, she has grown up in a community set apart from the modern world by lifestyle and belief. It is a community fiercely protective of its way of life. To turn your back on it is to lose everything - your church, your home, and your family.
So in the middle of the night when the baby comes, Katie does the only thing she knows how to do in times of stress: she prays.
Exhausted, she falls asleep. When she wakes, the child is gone. Her prayer has been answered.
But faith alone cannot help when the baby's body is found.
Everyone is gripped by Plain Truth:
'I stayed awake until 2:00am I'm sure you will too. An absolutely compelling read the realistic characters stayed with me a long time after the book was finished' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Wow. I couldn't put this book down and it really had me contemplating life the entire time. Highly recommend!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Phenomenal writing, amazing storytelling and brilliant character building. It kept me enthralled the whole way through and I pretty much finished it in two sittings... So glad I found this story!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'For sure a favourite of Picoult books for me! I love loved this book... Very enjoyable and hard to put down!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'What a beautifully written story with twists and turns and an engaging plot throughout!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This was a great book, rich in detail and drama... A very emotional story' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Great thought-provoking book! Jodi Picoult does it again' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'It is impossible not to be held spellbound by the way she forces us to think, hard, about right and wrong' Washington Post
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Though it begins as the quietly electrifying story of an unmarried Amish teenager who gives birth to a baby she is accused of then smothering, Picoult's latest (after Keeping Faith) settles into an ordinary trial epic, albeit one centered intriguingly on an Amish dairy farm near Lancaster, Pa. Katie Fisher, 18, denies not only having committed the murder but even having borne the baby, whose body is found in the Fishers' calving pen, and she sticks to her story, even when she is quizzed by Ellie Hathaway, the high-powered Philadelphia attorney who undertakes Katie's defense as a favor to Leda, an aunt she and the young woman share. Ellie, who has retreated to Leda's farm in Paradise to reconsider her life--she successfully defends guilty clients--embarks on the case reluctantly: at 39, she wants nothing more than to have a child. However, to meet bail stipulations, she volunteers as Katie's guardian (since Kate's strict parents reject her) and moves in with the Fishers. Living with the Amish necessitates some adjustments for both parties, but Katie and Ellie become fast friends in spite of their differences. Very little action occurs beyond the initial setup, though the questions remain: Who was the father of Katie's child? And did she smother the newborn? Told from both third-person omniscient and first-person (Ellie's) vantages, the story rolls leisurely through the trial preparations, the results of which are repeated, tediously, in the courtroom. Perhaps the story's quietude is appropriate, given its magnificently painted backdrop and distinctive characters, but one can't help wishing that the spark igniting the book's opening pages had built into a full-fledged blaze.
