Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
Jack St. Bride was once a beloved teacher and soccer coach at a girls' 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. He takes a job washing dishes at Addie Peabody's diner and slowly starts to form a relationship with her in the quiet New England village of Salem Falls. But just when Jack thinks he has outrun his past, a quartet of teenage girls with a secret turn his world upside down once again, triggering a modern-day witch hunt in a town haunted by its own history...
"Genuinely suspenseful -- remarkably original" - Publishers Weekly "Gripping -- you'll be riveted by this multilayered tale of small-town intrigue." - Glamour "This is the book you will want to read this summer -- Salem Falls is one of those books you can't put down. On every page there is a twist, a revelation, a surprise, a pay-off, placing it firmly in the category of Page-Turner -- It has romance, heartbreak, mystery, spookiness, and even a good dose of moral dilemmas - everything a good novel needs." -- Ann Hood, Providence Journal "Secrets, slowly revealed, are what makes this novel compelling -- Right when the reader feels s/he has figured out all the mysteries and tied up the last loose string, Picoult leaves one final surprise for the last paragraph." -- BookPage 'Once again Picoult weaves a compelling story with her ability to convey dense plot and tons of information in a readable manner...This is an expose on the nature of guilt and forgiveness and is a page-turning read. one of the best novelists writing in her genre' -- Cape Times, South Africa 'Picoult's characters are so compelling that the reader hopes this won't be the last time we meet' -- USA Today 'It is impossible not to be held spellbound by the way she forces us to think, hard, about right and wrong' -- Washington Post 'Gripping ... you'll be riveted by this multilayered tale of small-town intrigue.' -- GLAMOUR 'Genuinely suspenseful ... remarkably original' -- Publishers' Weekly
Jodi Picoult grew up in Nesconset, New York. She received an A.B. in creative writing from Princeton and a master's degree in education from Harvard. Her previous novels include Keeping Faith, The Pact, and Mercy. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340838211 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340838213 |
| Title | Salem Falls |
| Author | Jodi Picoult |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2005-11-07 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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