Synopsis
After being wrongfully convicted of statutory rape, Jack St. Bride moves to a small New Hampshire town to start a new life. When a teenaged would-be witch is raped in the woods, Jack becomes the chief suspect in the crime. Soon, the whole town is drawn into a maelstrom of accusations and disturbing revelations.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2002-08-06 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 480 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
Robbed of his teaching career and reputation by a student's false accusations, Jack St. Bride is struggling to rebuild his life in the wake of an eight-month jail sentence by taking a job washing dishes at Addie Peabody's diner, but fresh accusations ofRobbed of his teaching career and reputation by a student's false accusations, Jack St. Bride is struggling to rebuild his life in the wake of an eight-month jail sentence by taking a job washing dishes at Addie Peabody's diner, but fresh accusations of rape by teenage girls from his former school threaten to destroy him once again. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. rape by teenage girls from his former school threaten to destroy him once again. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.
Industry Reviews
"...SALEM FALLS is a carefully crafted and researched story....The strongest writing in the book comes in the sections that show Jack and Addie falling in love. Here Picoult uses fresh, precise detail to evoke the sparks between these two innocents....SALEM FALLS seesaws between a deftly delineated romance and a precise trial procedural, where the uniqueness of characters must be sacrificed to the formula. It leaves the reader slightly hungry for more of one or the other."
Washington Post Book World - Georgia Jones-Davis (04/08/2001)
"Picoult has ably researched everything from Wiccan religion to genetics to carry off her fascinating legal plot. But it's the psychological profiles and character development that set this novel apart."
Orlando Sentinel (07/22/2001)
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