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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Loved this book! The writing of the Amish way of life meeting up with the "English" justice system is superbly written. The way the story intertwines is great and I loved the way it ended. Took my breath away! ( ) I'm not sure what to rate this book. I figured out the big surprise pretty early on but was hoping I was wrong. I thought maybe I was and was pretty angry when it was confirmed at the very end. It was a well crafted story and I appreciate that she didn't take the easy way out with the characters. It was much more emotionally griping than I had anticipated. When an Amish teenager has a baby in a barn, and that baby is found dead later, she denies having had a baby. But when she needs to go to the hospital because she’s bleeding heavily, there is no doubt. But Katie continues to deny having had a baby. Ellie is a distant relation and a defense lawyer. She has come to visit (her cousin? Aunt?) Leda who is also related, and Ellie is roped into taking Katie’s case. This was good, a bit slow through most of it, but even so, I liked the story enough that I was close to rating it 4 stars. The very end made up my mind to give it that extra boost up to 4. Because Ellie ended up living on Katie’s farm with her and her family (part of the bail conditions), it was interesting to learn a lot more about Amish culture. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesPiper (4524) Is contained inMy Sister's Keeper; Plain Truth; Nineteen Minutes; Salem Fall's; Perfect Match; The Pact; Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult Has the adaptationHas as a student's study guide
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HTML:From the bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper comes the riveting story of a murder that shatters the picturesque calm of Amish countryâ??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 collideâ??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 withinâ??to confront her own fears and desires when a man from her past reenters No library descriptions found. |
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