Plain Truth

Name: Plain Truth
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.23 (87 reviews)
Author: Jodi Picoult
ISBN: 9781508224464

Author: Jodi Picoult

Narrator: Christina Moore, Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 16 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 03/29/2016

Categories: Fiction, Psychological, Crime, Women

Synopsis

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.

About Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult is an American novelist born in Nesconset, Long Island, New York. She has had a very diversified career with her education in writing being received at Princeton University. She had a variety of jobs ranging from writing short stories when still in college for Seventeen magazine and editing text books, to becoming the writer of the DC Comics Wonder Woman (Vol. 3), issue #6 in March 2007 and #10 in June of 2007.

Picoult’s first novel, Nineteen Minutes, about a school shooting in a small town became #1 on the NY Times Bestseller List. Then her second novel also debuted #1, entitled Change of the Heart. In 2009 her novel, My Sister’s Keeper was adapted to a featured film.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jami on November 18, 2007

I really enjoyed this book. In fact, I could hardly put it down from the minute I started reading it. I think Picoult has a genuine talent for writing and coming up with unique story ideas. SPOILER AHEAD! There were a couple of things that bothered me at the end, though. I had pretty much figured out......more

Goodreads review by Baba on April 04, 2023

Today's 'dilemma drama'? - A dead (newly born) baby is found in an Amish barn deep inside Amish territory. Civilian investigators come to the this beautifully back dropped, but ultra-conservative 'utopia' to find out the truth and if possible, to see someone charged with murder! With 3rd omniscient a......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on November 28, 2020

This was my first real delve into the Amish world and it was the beginning of a massive internet rabbit hole for me to dive into. As all JP's books this was research heavy and it was really insightful. This is one of those books that modified my world view and gave me a lot to think through. I reall......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on November 28, 2024

I listened to Plain Truth on audiobook. It is narrated by Suzanne Toren and Christina Moore. I am a huge fan of Jodi Picoult and thoroughly enjoyed several of her books: Wish You Were Here, Mad Honey, My Sister’s Keeper, Small Great Things, Nineteen Minutes, The Book of Two Ways, and The Pact. Most......more