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| Plain Truth | 
 enlarge | Author: Jodi Picoult
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  270 reviews
Sales Rank: 3791
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 1416547819
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416547815
ASIN: 1416547819
Publication Date: August 7, 2007
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Product Description
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.
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Well written - the ending is 'meh' December 28, 2008
After you have read 2 of Picoult's novels, you realized there's a pattern and you know there will be a trial and a bit of a twist at the end. This one follows that formula right along. What I liked most about this book is all the detail she gave into the Amish life, she did an excellent research job! I hated the ending, I was surprised she left it for the very last few pages, usually she does a better job of rounding out the ending of the book. I'm still left wondering about HOW it happened, but I guess my imagination will have to run wild with it.
Classic Picoult - worth a read if you are a fan :)
Wonderful Book! December 8, 2008
I was as mesmerized with this book, as I was with my first Jodi Picoult book that I read. This book is about an 18 year old Amish girl, Katie Fisher, who has a baby and immediately kills it (because she doesn't want to be shunned by her religion). When the dead baby is found, Katie is the number one suspect of the murder. When Katie goes to court, the judge allows her to go home until the trial, if she stays around her house and her attorney is with her at all times. Her attorney is completely opposite than the rest of the Amish community, but tells the judge that it would be possible. From that day in court, Katie and her attorney learn a lot about eachother and themselves.
This book was definitely a page turner. I never wanted to put it down because there was always suspense. At times, it was difficult to keep a couple of the characters straight. I would highly recommend this book!
Suspenseful and poignant December 2, 2008
Ellie Hathaway is an attorney living in the city with her boy friend of eight years whose ambitions override decency and justice and threatens to harden Ellie's heart until the stains of moral corruption will no longer haunt her as she climbs to the top of her profession. After one particularly difficult trial in which she argues the case of a man she knows is guilty of child molestation and sets him free, she seeks solace in Paradise, Pennsylvania where she spent many happy summers as a child. Paradise is a small town where the Old Order Amish live and work, where horse-drawn buggies compete with automobile traffic, and where life is generally slower-paced. Here Ellie becomes involved in representing Katie Fisher an unmarried Amish girl, accused of murdering her newborn. Can Ellie find the clues to the secrets of this Amish family, or is the girl guilty as charged? Eunice Boeve, author of Ride a Shadowed Trail
 so bad i'm giving up and returning it 1/2 read November 26, 2008
my first picoult book was my sisters keeper, i loved it and immediately wanted to buy all of picoults books. i happened to get this one next and it's one of the worst books i have ever read. yet, i've kept with it, reading more than 1/2 and it's so bad and boring and unbelievable that i've put it down for the last time and plan to return it tomorrow. i've never returned a partially read book, but i don't want to support such junk. really disappointed.
Riveting, but it's just TOO MUCH November 25, 2008
First off, this is a fascinating story, well told. Ms. Picoult's writing style is attention-grabbing. I listened to this as a recorded book, in the car -- I can't tell you how many times I park, but sit and keep listening, because I'm not ready to leave the story!
BUT, that said, this story goes beyond the suspension of disbelief stage. There are just TOO MANY twists to the story. My dad was in a B-17 during WWII, so I wanted his opinion when "Memphis Belle" came out -- he said that perhaps many of the depicted events could happen to a crew during an entire tour of duty, but there was NO WAY they could all happen on one mission. In that fashion, I would say there are too many events that happen in "Plain Truth" to be believable -- and that is really a shame, because it starts out VERY believable.
Furthermore, the ending is shocking, but also vague. My wife and I listened to the last chapter together, and we disagreed over what "really" happened in the story in not one, but TWO ways, items that had no further clarification, and were really just left hanging. She asked if I was satisfied with the ending, and I said I couldn't believe that x happened and y didn't, and she said that no, x didn't happen but y did (obviously, I don't want to give spoilers).
After 14 CDs, and WAY too many plot twists to keep the story believable, I'm disappointed with how many characters get left with their endings or their next steps untold. On the other hand, the characters whose "end games" are told, the stories are either outlandishly unbelievable or overpredictably milquetoast. Grrrrr.
Still, I totally enjoyed listening - the readers were excellent - and I look forward to listening to more of Ms. Picoult's books.
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