Keeping Faith - Jodi Picoult

I am a big fan of the author Jodi Picoult, and one of the things I like most about her is that every time she writes, she takes on a new and sometimes controversial subject. This is certainly the case in 'Keeping Faith' which is the latest book of hers I have read. It is quite controversial because at the centre of the story is a seven year old girl named Faith who claims that God talks to her. Not only that, but she sees God as a woman. As the book progresses strange things keep happening such as Faith apparently bringing her grandmother back to life after a fatal heart attack, curing a young child of aids, and herself receiving all the signs of ...

Mariah White's dreams of a stable family life are shattered for a second time during her marriage when she catches her husband Colin with another woman. To make matters worse, Faith, her seven-year old daughter, witnesses the unhappy incident of "the other woman" exiting the bathroom in her parents' bedroom. Things happen very quickly after the incident. Colin moves out, Mariah struggles not to break down with depression and Faith develops an imaginary friend. At first Faith's imaginary friend appears to be a normal response of a child that has just witnessed a tragic incident, however, as she begins to develop stigmata and seemingly to perform ...