Salem Falls
by Jodi Picoult
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Author: Jodi PicoultEdition: Paperback
Published: 2002-08-06
ISBN: 0743418719
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Washington Square Press
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Summary: 5 Stars
This book was a treasure to read.. It was full of twists and turns. Jody Picoult writes with such compassion for people who are victims of a judgemental society. She forces you to re-evaluate your own misconceptions of human errors.
Summary of Salem Falls
A handsome stranger comes to the sleepy New England town of Salem Falls in hopes of burying his past: Once a teacher at a girls' prep school, Jack St. Bride was destroyed when a student's crush sparked a powder keg of accusation. Now, washing dishes for Addie Peabody at the Do-Or-Diner, he slips quietly into his new routine, and Addie finds this unassuming man fitting easily inside her heart. But amid the rustic calm of Salem Falls, a quartet of teenage girls harbor dark secrets -- and they maliciously target Jack with a shattering allegation. Now, at the center of a modern-day witch hunt, Jack is forced once again to proclaim his innocence: to a town searching for answers, to a justice system where truth becomes a slippery concept written in shades of gray, and to the woman who has come to love him.
Jodi Picoult tells the kind of suspenseful, morally complex stories that touch us deeply and stay with us always. People magazine has praised her "remarkable ability to make us share her characters" feelings. Now, on the heels of last year's nationwide success, Plain Truth, Picoult captures our hearts and imaginations more thoroughly than ever with Salem Falls, a skillfully sustained work of deep emotion and innovative plotting. Affording the same kind of engaging reading that fans have come to expect, this new novel, an ingenious and richly atmospheric reworking of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, also marks a huge step forward for Picoult. Tall, blond and handsome, Jack St. Bride was once a beloved teacher and soccer coach at a girl's prep school -- until a student's crush sparked a powder keg of accusation and robbed him of his career and reputation. Now after a devastatingly public ordeal that left him with an eight-month jail sentence and no job, Jack resolves to pick up the pieces of his life; taking a job washing dishes at Addie Peabody's diner, and slowly forming a relationship with her. But just when it seems like his life is back on track, Jack finds himself the object of fresh accusations of rape brought on by a coven of bewitching teenage girls from Salem Falls, and history repeats itself as Jack's hidden past catches up with him. In a sleepy hamlet haunted by enduring love and wicked deceit. Picoult masterfully leads readers toward a truly shocking finale.
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