Keeping Faith - Hardcover

Picoult, Jodi

3.81

85,475 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340838043 ISBN 13: 9780340838044

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006

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For the second time in her marriage, Mariah White catches her husband with another woman, and Faith, their seven-year-old daughter, witnesses every painful minute. In the aftermath of a sudden divorce, Mariah struggles with depression and Faith begins to confide in an imaginary friend.

At first, Mariah dismisses these exchanges as a child's imagination. But when Faith starts reciting passages from the Bible, develops stigmata, and begins to perform miraculous healings, Mariah wonders if her daughter - a girl with no religious background - might indeed be seeing God. As word spreads and controversy heightens, Mariah and Faith are besieged by believers and disbelievers alike, caught in a media circus that threatens what little stability they have left.

What are you willing to believe? Is Faith a prophet or a troubled little girl? Is Mariah a good mother facing an impossible crisis - or a charlatan using her daughter to reclaim the attention her unfaithful husband withheld?

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Review:

Slick and pacey . . . If you like a brisk read with a soft centre, this is the novel for you (The Sunday Times)

An emotional and powerful book (Woman's Weekly)

Picoult fans will not be disappointed. There is the usual compulsive writing, the insight into family and colourful characterisation . . . a pleasure to pick up, and impossible to put down (Daily Express)

Jodi Picoult's novels often focus on lives turned upside down by some terrible event, and it's her way with the small emotional detail that makes them so rewarding (Marie Claire)

From the Publisher:

Jodi Picoult has become a phenomenon. Her novels get right under your skin and bring you face to face with the question: 'What would I do?' - and this is no exception. Now we're delighted to be bringing Jodi to audiobook fans everywhere, and what better way to start than with this heartbreaking story. If you're looking for an utterly absorbing, thought-provoking audiobook, look no further.

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