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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. edesvousges | May 31, 2009 |   Only Jodi PIcoult book I really liked. donnaquilts | May 16, 2009 | Not my usual sort of book, essentially a whodunit plus courtroom drama. I thought the culprit was a different family member right up to the denouement , but I was close , and the rationale was reasonable. (and for once I managed not to peek). Good read - undemanding but interesting. (  )wendyrey | May 1, 2009 | I thought this was one of her better titles that kind of threw me for a loop. I had no idea the person who had done it till the very end, so I was shocked! Jodi becomes very familiar with the topics that she writes about and does it again with the amish culture. (  )ajewell | Apr 7, 2009 | She's definitely an accomplished writer, very adept at switching perspectives between characters. She has an identifiable style, but I was left with a who cares kind of feeling when I finished in Plain Truth. I'll try one of her other pieces though. (  )Voracious_Reader | Mar 30, 2009 | 0.039 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0671776134, Paperback) A shocking murder shatters the picturesque calm of Pennsylvania's Amish country -- and tests the heart and soul of the lawyer who steps in to defend the young woman at the center of the storm.... Plain Truth 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. Moving seamlessly from psychological drama to courtroom suspense, Plain Truth is a fascinating portrait of Amish life -- and a moving exploration of the bonds of love, friendship, and the heart's most complex choices. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:56 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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Predictability Factor: Either I'm too smart, or Picoult was too obvious. So well-written, however, that I invested myself in 400 pages hoping that I was wrong about "whodunnit," and the author would surprise me. Alas.
Couldn't Put it Down Factor: Five stars. (See why the ending was so disappointing?)
Recommend it? Sure. Just know this. Your first guess as to who did it is wrong. Your second guess is right.
Overall Rating: Four stars. Smart, intriguing, suspenseful and rich. (