Journalist, author and activist Boylan has written 18 books, and her groundbreaking memoir She’s Not There is the first bestselling work by a transgender American. 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 reenters her life. Several of her novels have been adapted for the big and small screen, including My Sister’s Keeper, The Pact and Plain Truth. Delving deep inside the world of those who live 'plain,' Ellie must find a way to reach Katie on her terms. In Plain Truth, Picoult explores the life of the Amish in Pennsylvania. When Ellie Hathaway, a disillusioned big-city attorney, comes to Paradise, Pennsylvania, to defend Katie, two cultures collide-and for the first time in her high-profile career, Ellie faces a system of justice very different from her own. Plain Truth was also a Lifetime Original Movie. 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. The discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to its core. 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 reenters her life.From the bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper comes the riveting story of a murder that shatters the picturesque calm of Amish country-and tests the heart and soul of the lawyer defending the woman at the center of the storm. The other day a Moms for Liberty activist said they were targeting 'pornography.' Were now seeing what BS that is. Delving deep inside the world of those who live 'plain,' Ellie must find a way to reach Katie on her terms. RT ThePlumLineGS: This is the same Florida county that banned 20 books by Jodi Picoult from school libraries, based on objections from the same one woman. When Ellie Hathaway, a disillusioned big-city attorney, comes to Paradise, Pennsylvania, to defend Katie, two cultures collide-and for the first time in her high-profile career, Ellie faces a system of justice very different from her own. 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. : Plain Truth : Matthew Tabak, Jodi Picoult, Plain Truth Productions (Muse), Inc., Robert Greenwald, Philip K.

Description From the bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper comes the riveting story of a murder that shatters the picturesque calm of Amish country-and tests the heart and soul of the lawyer defending the woman at the center of the storm. Jodi Picoult has touched readers deeply with her acclaimed novels, such as Keeping Faith and The Pact.

Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult