Plain Truth: A Novel
May 2000 · Simon and Schuster
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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.
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.
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Meaghan Singer
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26 July 2015
The entire book, I sat there trying to figure out how this was going to end, let me just say, I did not expect it what so ever. This book was so good, I couldn't stop reading once it got into the trial! It also had a very well written description of what it is like to be Amish.
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Dia
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30 October 2016
Usually I prefer to read the story before I see the movie, but I was bored & landed on the Lifetime TV Network & saw this as a made for TV movie, starting Mariska Hargitay. In the end, I had a new favorite author (Jodi Picoult) AND a new fav tv show (Law & Order SVU). Beware though, in what I've leaned is typical Jodi fashion, this one had a nice twist at the end!
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A Google user
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18 July 2012
I loved this book....it was my first nook purchase and I couldn't put it down. I found myself actually up at hours trying to see what happens next. I recommend this for an easy read especially if you are like me and spend the whole time trying to solve the case before the book reveals it. A must read!!
About the author
Jodi Picoult received an AB in creative writing from Princeton and a master’s degree in education from Harvard. The recipient of the 2003 New England Book Award for her entire body of work, she is the author of twenty-seven novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers House Rules, Handle With Care, Change of Heart, and My Sister’s Keeper, for which she received the American Library Association’s Margaret A. Edwards Award. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Visit her website at JodiPicoult.com.
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