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    An Amish teenager becomes pregnant without benefit of marriage, gives birth, and is then accused of killing her child in this novel about a trial in Amish country.
 
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    Paradise, Pennsylvania, is a jewel in Lancaster County. There, a dead infant is found in the barn of an Amish farmer. Philadelphia defense attorney Ellie Hathaway finds herself caught in a clash of wills with her client, an unmarried Amish teenager, Katie Fisher.
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    • Not Jodi's best, but good nonetheless

      I love Jodi Picoult's books. This one disappointed me just a little in that, about halfway into the book, it just dragged along. The appearance of Coop as Ellie's love interest seemed too fabricated. It didn't really advance the main story. I really wanted to tell him to go away and let the story continue. All that said, I still enjoyed the book, and kept reading through the slow parts. I'm in awe of how Picoult manages to twist a plot every which way but loose. Each of her books contains an element of horror, in that it's horrific to imagine living through the main conflict. This one is no exception.

      judylynn from Cincinnati, OH, Mar 25, 2010

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    • Great book

      I enjoyed this book very much. It was very interesting to learn how the Amish live. To wrap it up, it was an informational murder mystery!

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    • Plain Truth

      Have only started book. Believe it will be far better than Tenth Circle. Have heard I will enjoy it as much as My Sister's Keeper and Nineteen Minutes (awesome books)

      ashsaunt from Queens, NY, Nov 20, 2007

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  • Though it begins as the quietly electrifying story of an unmarried Amish teenager who gives birth to a baby she is accused of then smothering, Picoult's latest (after Keeping Faith) settles into an ordinary trial epic, albeit one centered intriguingly on an Amish dairy farm near Lancaster, Pa. Katie Fisher, 18, denies not only having committed the murder but even having borne the baby, whose body is found in the Fishers' calving pen, and she sticks to her story, even when she is quizzed by Ellie Hathaway, the high-powered Philadelphia attorney who undertakes Katie's defense as a favor to Leda, an aunt she and the young woman share. Ellie, who has retreated to Leda's farm in Paradise to reconsider her life--she successfully defends guilty clients--embarks on the case reluctantly: at 39, she wants nothing more than to have a child. However, to meet bail stipulations, she volunteers as Katie's guardian (since Kate's strict parents reject her) and moves in with the Fishers. Living with the Amish necessitates some adjustments for both parties, but Katie and Ellie become fast friends in spite of their differences. Very little action occurs beyond the initial setup, though the questions remain: Who was the father of Katie's child? And did she smother the newborn? Told from both third-person omniscient and first-person (Ellie's) vantages, the story rolls leisurely through the trial preparations, the results of which are repeated, tediously, in the courtroom. Perhaps the story's quietude is appropriate, given its magnificently painted backdrop and distinctive characters, but one can't help wishing that the spark igniting the book's opening pages had built into a full-fledged blaze. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
 
 
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