Джоди Пиколт: Plain Truth

A shocking murder shatters the picturesque calm of Pennsylvania s Amish country, and tests the heart and soul of the lawyer who steps in to defend the young woman at the centre 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 cutures collide, and, 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 plain , Ellie must find a way to reach Katie on her terms. 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 re-enters her life.