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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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David Piccolo
reviewed Plain Truth on January 16, 2008
Plain Truth
I thought this book was pretty crummy even though it was a page-turner. I really wanted to know what happens to Katie, and what happened to the baby so I kept reading, but I didn't really enjoy the experience--I won't be reading again. Too much filler, not enough book.
Specifically:
* It's set among the Amish. However, I get the feeling the author doesn't really understand them, she just thought it'd be a cool setting. That irritates me.
* It's full of overused elements, such "city girl goes to farm", "taking break from evilness ambition brings us", "rekindled flame." Some of the dialog is the pretty dumb "You're afraid this relationship might work" sort of thing. Because of this, you can see where it's going miles down the road. Now, I re-read books, so this isn't itself a killer, when I like the trip.
* It has ghosts. What's up with that? Not in a freaky arty Beloved way, but just casually thrown in there.
* The language is unnecessarily descriptive. You'd think she was being paid by the word.
It did make me think of A Jury of Her Peers, which is worth reading. (And much shorter--that link is to the full text.)
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