6/26/2023 0 Comments Plain truth book![]() ![]() The only time the harshness remotely suits the characters it is for the prosecutor and the detective, two characters who are not in as many chapters as everyone else. The narrators' harsh voices do not suit the majority of the characters, especially those of the Amish. I had a hard time persevering to the end of this because of the narration, the only reason I toughed it out was because I wanted to know what happened. 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. Delving deep inside the world of those who live "plain", Ellie must find a way to reach Katie on her terms. 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. But the police investigation leads to a more shocking disclosure: Circumstantial evidence suggests that 18-year-old Katie Fisher, an unmarried Amish woman believed to be the newborn's mother, took the child's life. The discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to its core. ![]() From the best-selling 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. ![]()
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