As always with Jodi Picoult novels, the book would most probably be classed as a court room drama. I feel personally these books are more character driven dramas, although as always, the story does revolve around a court case central to the story. Plain Truth is the story of a young Amish girl, who finds herself pregnant, and terrified of being outcast keeps this to herself. When she gives birth alone to her baby in the stables of the family farm in the middle of the night, she does the one thing she's been taught to do in times of stress: prays. She prays that this will all just go away, and when she wakes the next morning the baby is gone. When the baby's ...  Read the complete review

This is a review of the 2004 book 'Plain Truth' by Jodi Picoult. It's taken me a while to read this, due to the fact I have an active 7 month old baby, a big sewing project on the go and perhaps the storyline was a bit slow going for me! The book centres on Amish girl Katie Fisher and the mysterious circumstances of a baby born in her parent's barn. Her mother is unable to have any more children and so the finger points at Katie as the potential mother. An unmarried and religious girl, it's dangerous for Katie to admit that she had a baby boy in case her family disown her. Further sadness as the baby dies shortly after birth and the book seeks to find out how ...  Read the complete review

As you may have noticed from other reviews, I am a big Jodi Picoult fan, and am slowly working my way through reviewing her books. The latest one that I've managed to get the chance to sit down and read is 'Plain Truth', and I have to say, this is has now become one of my favourite books by Jodi. ~A Brief Outline of the Story~ Katie Fisher is 18, and at the opening of the book when the reader meets her she has just given birth in secret. Something that makes Katie a little different from your 'normal' teenage mother is that she is Amish. Having a baby out of wedlock is a sin. When this baby is found dead the next morning and Katie refuses to ...  Read the complete review

I am a huge fan of Jodi Picoult and I have to admit that I was excited to find two of her books I hadn't yet read on offer in Asda recently and one of them was Plain Truth. Plain Truth is the story of Katie Fisher. Katie is a young Amish girl who becomes pregnant when unmarried, which according to her strict religious background is considered a sin. Fearing what might happen, young Katie Fisher gives birth in secret in the middle of the night in their family's barn and she does the only thing she knows how to do in the face of adversity - she prays. When Katie wakes up after falling asleep with her new born son in her arms, her prayers appeared to ...  Read the complete review

I am always impressed by the amount of research that Jodi Picoult puts into her books and Plain Truths was no different. The storyline was very good but what is impressive is the detail that Picoult includes when describing an Amish family. It allows the reader to have a true insight into what life in an Amish village is like. Plain Truth starts with the discovery of a dead baby in an Amish village, the accussed is a young unmarried Amish girl who is assumed the baby's mother. The book follows Ellie an attorney who chooses to defend the young girl and to do this she has to learn the way of the Amish. The truth is shocking. Picoult writes the novel ...  Read the complete review