Salem Falls

Salem Falls

by JodiPicoult (Author)

Synopsis

Jack St. Bride was once a beloved teacher and soccer coach at a girls' private 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...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 528
Edition: 1st Hodder & Stoughton Edition
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Published: 07 Nov 2005

ISBN 10: 0340835532
ISBN 13: 9780340835531

Media Reviews
'Picoult's characters are so compelling that the reader hopes this won't be the last time we meet' -- USA Today 'Gripping ... you'll be riveted by this multilayered tale of small-town intrigue.' -- Glamour 'It is impossible not to be held spellbound by the way she forces us to think, hard, about right and wrong' -- Washington Post 'Genuinely suspenseful ... remarkably original' -- Publishers' Weekly 'A chilling tale of covens and corruption in a small town ... The Craft meets Wild Things.' -- Cosmopolitan 'A gripping novel that is part romance, part thriller and part social commentary that keeps us turning the pages until the end' -- American
Author Bio
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 PLAIN TRUTH, KEEPING FAITH, THE PACT, VANISHING ACTS and MERCY. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children.