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Keeping Faith

by Jodi Picoult
Eliza Foss
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Author Jodi Picoult's engrossing novels are a permanent fixture on the New York Times bestseller list. Critics consistently praise Picoult's ability to masterfully capture the complex dynamics of the most sophisticated human relationships.
Years ago, Mariah attempted suicide after discovering her husband Colin's infidelity. When she stumbles upon Colin actively involved in his second affair, she files for divorce and retains custody of their seven-year-old daughter Faith. But soon, Faith starts talking to an imaginary
friend who may be God—and Faith insists God is a woman. The media attention escalates when Faith begins experiencing stigmata, compelling Colin to sue for custody. Before her life falls completely apart, Mariah must fight for her daughter.
Full of riveting plot twists and charged with swirling emotions, Keeping Faith is an unforgettable tale of one woman's discovery of the strong, confident, brave person she always had within.
"Picoult gets better and better with each book ... this is an entrancing novel. Highly recommended."—Library Journal

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  • Release date

    September 1, 2006

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781449868741
      • File size: 547868 KB
      • Duration: 19:01:23

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 780
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Mariah catches a strange woman in the bedroom with her supposedly devoted husband, and he leaves. Life is further complicated when her daughter, Faith, begins experiencing stigmata and visions. Picoult reveals core emotions as Mariah struggles to keep Faith in a custody case, fighting a deeper battle in herself to gain the confidence she badly needs. This underlying conflict is well represented with a dual reading. Eliza Foss reads the bulk of the narrative in a voice that is strong and straightforward. Julia Gibson reads Mariah's first-person bits in a voice that combines self-doubt and undeniable strength. These emotions vie in Gibson's voice just as they do in the story, adding additional conflict to a tense plot. S.W. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 3, 1999
      Fans of Picoult's fluent and absorbing storytelling will welcome her new novel, which, like Harvesting the Heart, explores family dynamics and the intricacies of motherhood, and concludes, as did The Pact, with tense courtroom drama. In the small town of New Canaan, N.H., 33-year-old Mariah discovers that her husband, Colin, is having an affair. Years ago, his cheating drove Mariah to attempt suicide and Colin had her briefly committed to an institution. Now Mariah's facing divorce and again fighting depression, when her eight-year-old daughter, Faith, suddenly acquires an imaginary friend. Soon this friend is telling the girl how to bring her grandmother back from the dead and how to cure a baby dying of AIDS. As Faith manifests stigmata, doctors are astounded, and religious controversy ensues, in part because Faith insists that God is a woman. An alarmed Colin sues for custody of Faith, and the fear of losing her daughter dramatically changes meek, diffident Mariah into a strong, protective and brave woman--one who fights for her daughter, holds her own against doctors and lawyers and finds the confidence to pursue a surprising new romance with TV atheist Ian Fletcher, cynical "Spokesman of the Millennium Generation." Though the novel feels a bit long, Picoult's pacing stabilizes the increasingly complicated plot, and the final chapters, in which Mariah fights for Faith's custody in court, are riveting. The mother-daughter relationship is all the more powerful for being buffeted by the exploitative and ethically questionable domains of medicine, media, law and religion; these characters' many triumphant transformations are Picoult's triumphs as well. Agent, Laura Gross.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:780
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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