Picoult, Jodi
(forfatter)
Plain Truth e-bog
122,49 DKK
From the bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper comes the riveting story of a murder that shatters the picturesque calm of Amish countryand 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 evide…
From the bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper comes the riveting story of a murder that shatters the picturesque calm of Amish countryand 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 collideand 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 "e;plain,"e; Ellie must find a way to reach Katie on her terms. And as she unravels a tangled murder case, Ellie also looks deep withinto confront her own fears and desires when a man from her past reenters her life.
E-bog
122,49 DKK
Forlag
Atria Books
Udgivet
01.05.2000
Længde
416 sider
Genrer
FA
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780743422819
From the bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper comes the riveting story of a murder that shatters the picturesque calm of Amish countryand 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 collideand 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 "e;plain,"e; Ellie must find a way to reach Katie on her terms. And as she unravels a tangled murder case, Ellie also looks deep withinto confront her own fears and desires when a man from her past reenters her life.
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