Plain Truth - Softcover

Picoult, Jodi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1416547819 ISBN 13: 9781416547815

Publisher: Atria Books, 2007

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper comes the riveting story of a murder that shatters the picturesque calm of Amish country -- and tests the heart and soul of the lawyer defending the woman at the center of the storm.

The discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to its core. But the police investigation leads to a more shocking disclosure: circumstantial evidence suggests that eighteen-year-old Katie Fisher, an unmarried Amish woman believed to be the newborn's mother, took the child's life. When Ellie Hathaway, a disillusioned big-city attorney, comes to Paradise, Pennsylvania, to defend Katie, two cultures collide -- and for the first time in her high-profile career, Ellie faces a system of justice very different from her own. Delving deep inside the world of those who live "plain," Ellie must find a way to reach Katie on her terms. And as she unravels a tangled murder case, Ellie also looks deep within -- to confront her own fears and desires when a man from her past reenters her life.

About this title

Review:

"Absorbing and affecting."

-- Entertainment Weekly

"[A] suspenseful, richly layered drama."

-- People

"Picoult is a master of the craft of storytelling."

-- Houston Chronicle

Book Description:

A new early export edition from the internationally bestselling author, Jodi Picoult

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1416547819
• ISBN 13: 9781416547815
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432